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Land To The North West Of Melbury Court Old Dryburn Way Durham DH1 5SE

DM/24/00149/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 5 March 2025

Council decision: Approved subject to S106Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

Construction of purpose built student accommodation (Sui Generis) with associated car and cycle parking, pedestrian infrastructure and landscaping (amended plans received 04.12.2024)

Received
19 January 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Neville's Cross (Historic)
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated7 Mar
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target6 Jun
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 363 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land To The North West Of Melbury Court Old Dryburn Way Durham DH1 5SE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 411 days, 51 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 5SE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 March 2024
Consultation expiry
11 February 2025
Consultation start
4 February 2025
Consultation end
11 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
26 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2024
Last date for comments
19 December 2024
Target decision date
6 June 2024
Decision issued
16 July 2025
Permission expires
16 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Quod
Agent address
Quod Capitol House Bond Court Leeds LS1 5SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 March 2024
Advertisement expiry
4 April 2024
Site notice start
19 March 2024
Site notice end
9 April 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12669207
Documents
176

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.

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