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St Nicholas Graveyard Providence Row Durham DH1 1RS

DM/25/00243/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 April 2025

Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track

Proposal

Replacement churchyard gates and formation of dropped kerb vehicle access.

Received
29 January 2025
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Elvet and Gilesgate
Agent
Padgett White Architects ltd
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Nicholas Graveyard Providence Row Durham DH1 1RS. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1RS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2025
Consultation expiry
13 March 2025
Consultation start
10 February 2025
Consultation end
3 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2025
Last date for comments
13 March 2025
Target decision date
4 April 2025
Permission expires
4 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Padgett White Architects ltd
Agent address
The Dovecot 4 Hunwick Hall Farm Church Lane Hunwick Crook DL15 0JS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
13 March 2025
Site notice start
12 February 2025
Site notice end
5 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13733177
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Durham City
  • 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, 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.

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