Lumley Park House Lumley New Road Castle Dene Chester-le-street DH3 4EY
Proposal
Taking down badly eroded masonry and rebuilding outer skin to main house east gable. Removal of timber floorboards/joists affected by dry rot. Replacement with insulated limecrete floor. Removal of floorboards within drawing room and dining room and lath and plaster ceiling to kitchen and dining room, to facilitate the removal of asbestos pipe insulation debris. Like for like replacement of rotten floorboards and floor joists to first floor bathroom and ensuite. Like for like replacement of two sliding sash windows.
- Received
- 22 July 2024
- Decided
- 26 September 2024 · Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Lumley
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- ReceivedSubmitted22 Jul
- ValidatedValidated23 Jul
- Consult.Consultation19 Aug
- TargetTarget Date17 Sep
- DecidedDecided26 Sep
Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)
This is a heritage application for window replacement at Lumley Park House Lumley New Road Castle Dene Chester-le-street DH3 4EY. Durham has handled 445 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 58 days. This one was decided in 66 days, 8 days longer than Durham's median. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 655 applications in total for the DH3 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20256 May
Structural repair and strengthening of existing kitchen roof trusses, replacement of kitchen vaulted ceiling…
ApprovedListed building consentDM/25/01197/LB - 202330 Jun
Internal and external repairs and alterations with single-storey rear extension
ApprovedListed building consentDM/23/01934/LB - 202330 Jun
Internal and external repairs and alterations with single-storey rear extension
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/23/01933/FPA
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: County Durham
- Ancient woodland: Lumley Park WoodPart of the site
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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