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Land South East Of School House Bank Foot Shincliffe DH1 2PD

DM/23/02778/FPAFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 24 February 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of stable block (4no. stables and store room), shed, hardstanding, post and rope fencing and change of use of associated land (Retrospective)

Received
15 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Durham South
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 517 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land South East Of School House Bank Foot Shincliffe DH1 2PD. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 528 days, 67 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Shincliffe conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,246 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DH1 2PD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shincliffe

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2023
Consultation expiry
29 November 2023
Consultation start
22 November 2023
Consultation end
29 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
26 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 October 2023
Last date for comments
24 October 2023
Target decision date
21 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Orchard Terrace Rowlands Gill Tyne And Wear NE39 1EG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 October 2023
Site notice end
24 October 2023

Appeal history

3365434
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 2 September 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: ShincliffePart of the site
  • Green belt: County Durham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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