Par Petroleum Par House Lumley Sixth Pit Woodstone Village Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6DU
Approved on 18 September 2024
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Extension to existing fuel storage tank bund and siting of 2 no. new fuel tanks.
- Received
- 21 June 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Lumley
- Agent
- Nicholson Nairn Architects
- ReceivedReceived21 Jun
- ValidatedValidated24 Jun
- Consult.Consultation5 Sep
- TargetTarget Date19 Aug
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Par Petroleum Par House Lumley Sixth Pit Woodstone Village Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6DU. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 167 applications in total for the DH4 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
- DH4 6DU
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Little Lumley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 5 September 2024
- Consultation start
- 15 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 5 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 8 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 19 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 18 September 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Nicholson Nairn Architects
- Architect profile
- NICHOLSON NAIRN LIMITED
- Agent address
- F16 Willow Court, Marquis Court Kingsway South Team Valley Trading Estate Gateshead, Tyne And Wear NE11 0RU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 4 July 2024
- Site notice end
- 25 July 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13169647
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: County DurhamPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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