Hillcrest Potters Bank Durham DH1 3RR
Approved on 4 July 2025
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Single storey extension to be used as domestic swimming pool, gym, changing room, plant room to the north and eastern elevation with associated internal and external alterations and construction of new 5 bay garage (Amended Description).
- Received
- 31 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Neville's Cross
- Agent
- MWE Architects
- ReceivedReceived31 Jul
- ValidatedValidated24 Sep
- Consult.Consultation29 May
- TargetTarget Date19 Nov
- DecidedDecided4 Jul
Decided in 283 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Hillcrest Potters Bank Durham DH1 3RR. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 338 days, 40 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Neville's Cross. 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 3RR
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 29 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 15 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 29 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 22 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 19 November 2024
- Permission expires
- 4 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MWE Architects
- Agent address
- 170 New Ridley Road Stocksfield Northumberland NE43 7EL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 1 October 2024
- Site notice end
- 22 October 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13279051
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
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.
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