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1 Limecragg Avenue Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1DF

DM/23/03656/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 February 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to small House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4).

Received
1 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Belmont (Historic)
Agent
Origin Planning Services
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.3 Jan
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Limecragg Avenue Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1DF. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. 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 1DF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Belmont

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2023
Consultation expiry
5 January 2024
Consultation start
13 December 2023
Consultation end
3 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
13 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
3 January 2024
Last date for comments
5 January 2024
Target decision date
7 February 2024
Permission expires
9 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Origin Planning Services
Agent address
3B Evolution Wynyard Business Park Wynyard TS22 5TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 December 2023
Site notice end
5 January 2024

Additional information

Documents
25

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    4 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 4 (soundproofing works) and 5 (management plan) pursuant to planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/24/00908/DRC
  2. 2023
    1 Dec

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to small House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4).

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/23/03656/FPA

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