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The Deanery The College Durham DH1 3EQ

DM/23/02821/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 28 November 2023

Fast Track

Proposal

Removal of 2no. existing mounted signs and 1no. freestanding sign. Installation of 2no. new aluminium sign mounted to existing wall of The Deanery.

Received
20 September 2023
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Elvet And Gilesgate (Historic)
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.26 Oct
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Deanery The College Durham DH1 3EQ. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.

95% of heritage 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 3EQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2023
Consultation expiry
17 November 2023
Consultation start
5 October 2023
Consultation end
26 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
5 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 October 2023
Last date for comments
17 November 2023
Target decision date
29 November 2023
Permission expires
28 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Purcell
Architect profile
PURCELL LIMITED
Agent address
The Liquor Store The Chocolate Works Bishopthorpe Road York YO23 1DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
2 November 2023
Site notice start
27 October 2023
Site notice end
17 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12431864
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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