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Belmont Church Of England Junior School Buckinghamshire Road Belmont Durham DH1 2QP

DM/24/00292/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 11 April 2024

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Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Development of new substation

Received
5 February 2024
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Belmont (Historic)
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Belmont Church Of England Junior School Buckinghamshire Road Belmont Durham DH1 2QP. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 11 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 2QP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Belmont

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2024
Consultation expiry
4 April 2024
Consultation start
12 February 2024
Consultation end
4 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 March 2024
Last date for comments
4 April 2024
Target decision date
2 April 2024
Permission expires
11 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
DPP
Agent address
DPP Studio 012, Haylofts St Thomas' St Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 March 2024
Site notice end
4 April 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12755530
Documents
13

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.

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    1 Oct

    Non-material amendment pursuant to Condition 3 (Approved Plans) of Planning Permission No. DM/22/03248/FPA

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDM/24/02684/NMA
  2. 2024
    27 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 25 (Artificial Grass Pitch and MUGA details) pursuant to Planning Permission No…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/24/01741/DRC
  3. 2023
    22 Sep

    Non-material amendment pursuant to Condition 3 (Approved Plans) of Planning Permission No. DM/22/03248/FPA

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDM/23/02845/NMA
  4. 2023
    2 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 5 (New access details) PART DISCHARGE pursuant to Planning Permission No…

    Part APV/REFDischarge of conditionsDM/23/01598/DRC
  5. 2023
    24 May

    Discharge of Condition 26 (Alternative playing pitch provision) pursuant to Planning Permission No…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/23/01474/DRC
  6. 2023
    5 Apr

    Discharge of Condition 8 (Land contamination scheme) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/22/03248/FPA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/23/00972/DRC

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