Land South Of South College The Drive Durham DH1 3LD
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Proposal
Detailed application for a Mixed-Use Development, comprising of a retail convenience store unit and 93 student bedspaces with associated ancillary facilities including car parking, landscaping and cycle provision.
- Received
- 2 October 2024
- Decision due
- 19 February 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Neville's Cross (Historic)
- ReceivedReceived2 Oct
- ValidatedValidated20 Nov
- Consult.Consultation11 Aug
- TargetTarget Date19 Feb
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land South Of South College The Drive Durham DH1 3LD. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 October 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. 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 3LD
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 11 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 28 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 11 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 December 2024
- Last date for comments
- 19 December 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 November 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 December 2024
- Site notice start
- 27 November 2024
- Site notice end
- 18 December 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 95
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)
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 (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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202529 Sep
Non-material amendment involving changes to approved landscape plan. amendment to position of retaining…
ApprovedNon-material amendmentDM/25/02706/NMA - 202517 Apr
Discharge of conditions 9 (Boundary Treatments) and 10 (Ancillary Structures) from approval DM/23/02622/FPA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/25/01066/DRC
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