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Telecommunications Mast Blackhill Comrades Club Ridley Street Consett DH8 8TT

DM/23/03351/PNTPrior Notification TelecomApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 21 May 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Reqd and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The removal of existing 15.05m mast and associated compound. Installation of a replacement base station which includes a 25m mast and ancillary equipment. (amended plans 12.01.2024)

Received
7 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Consett North (Historic)
Agent
Entrust Professional Services Limited
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Jan
  4. Target31 Dec
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 196 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Telecommunications Mast Blackhill Comrades Club Ridley Street Consett DH8 8TT. Durham has handled 35 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 postcode area.

95% of all 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
DH8 8TT
Application type
Prior Notification Telecom
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2023
Consultation expiry
17 January 2024
Consultation start
10 January 2024
Consultation end
17 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
15 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 December 2023
Last date for comments
14 December 2023
Target decision date
31 December 2023
Permission expires
21 May 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Entrust Professional Services Limited
Agent address
Unit 4 Century Building Tower Street Liverpool L3 4BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
54 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 November 2023
Site notice end
14 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12559398
Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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

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.

Source: Durham

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