1 The College Durham DH1 3EQ
Approved on 15 November 2023
Fast Track
Proposal
Removal of 2no. existing signs mounted to existing sandstone columns
- Received
- 20 September 2023
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Elvet And Gilesgate (Historic)
- ReceivedReceived20 Sep
- ValidatedValidated21 Sep
- Consult.Consultation18 Oct
- TargetTarget Date16 Nov
- DecidedDecided15 Nov
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at 1 The College Durham DH1 3EQ. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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
- 21 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 2 November 2023
- Consultation start
- 27 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 18 October 2023
- Last date for comments
- 2 November 2023
- Target decision date
- 16 November 2023
- Permission expires
- 15 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
- 5 October 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 October 2023
- Site notice start
- 12 October 2023
- Site notice end
- 2 November 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12438750
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Durham City
- 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 (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.
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