Auton Lodge Auton Stile Bearpark Durham DH7 7DB
Proposal
Change of use of existing building from public house (sui generis) to form workspace (use E) & bar/restaurant/cafe/retail (use E) & associated external alterations.
- Received
- 4 July 2024
- Decided
- 26 September 2024 · Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Deerness
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- ReceivedReceived4 Jul
- ValidatedValidated5 Jul
- Consult.Consultation26 Aug
- TargetTarget Date30 Aug
- DecidedDecided26 Sep
Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Auton Lodge Auton Stile Bearpark Durham DH7 7DB. Durham has handled 11,035 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Durham's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Deerness. We hold 1,229 applications in total for the DH7 postcode area.
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