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18 Dene Terrace Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2QX

DM/24/02282/CPOCertificate of Lawfulness Proposed OperaRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 17 December 2024

Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of a dwellinghouse (C3a) as a children's home for a maximum of one child, with two carers, with one sleeping overnight, working on a rota basis (C2).

Received
19 August 2024
Decision level
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Ward
Shotton and South Hetton
Agent
Planning Management Ltd
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 18 Dene Terrace Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2QX. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the DH6 postcode area.

89% of outline 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
DH6 2QX
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shotton

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2024
Target decision date
15 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Management Ltd
Agent address
Batley Business Park Technology Drive Batley WF17 6ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3359936
Dismissed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 February 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13341054
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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