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Hunstanworth Farm Hunstanworth Consett DH8 9UE

DM/23/03725/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 May 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of buildings to create a four bedroom dwelling and parking.

Received
11 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale (Historic)
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 147 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Hunstanworth Farm Hunstanworth Consett DH8 9UE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 13 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Hunstanworth conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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
DH8 9UE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hunstanworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2023
Consultation expiry
2 April 2024
Consultation start
19 March 2024
Consultation end
2 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
5 January 2024
Last date for comments
11 January 2024
Target decision date
6 February 2024
Permission expires
7 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Dukes Road Hexham NE46 3AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
11 January 2024
Site notice start
21 December 2023
Site notice end
11 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12646542
Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: HunstanworthPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Hunstanworth FarmhouseOn this site · +6 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
  • 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 Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

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© 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.

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    Discharge of conditions 3 (sample walling), 4 (fenestration details), 5 (roof and wall materials), 6 (means…

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  2. 2023
    11 Dec

    Conversion of buildings to create a four bedroom dwelling and parking.

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/23/03725/FPA

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