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Land North West Of 20-26 Duchy Close Consett DH8 5YT

DM/24/00593/FPAFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 3 July 2024

Planning committee

Proposal

Full application for the development of 71 new residential dwellings (Use Class C3), including access, open space and landscaping details.

Received
4 March 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Consett South (Historic)
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.7 Jun
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North West Of 20-26 Duchy Close Consett DH8 5YT. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 9 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 5YT
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
71
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2024
Consultation expiry
7 June 2024
Consultation start
24 May 2024
Consultation end
7 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start
26 June 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 May 2024
Last date for comments
23 May 2024
Target decision date
4 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Lichfields St Nicholas Building St Nicholas Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1RF

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 March 2024
Advertisement expiry
11 April 2024
Site notice start
14 March 2024
Site notice end
4 April 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/00069/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Withdrawn

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11833857
Documents
333

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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