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12 Brierville Durham DH1 4QE

DM/25/01132/CEUCertificate of Lawfulness Existing UseWithdrawn
Lawful development certificate

Withdrawn on 1 August 2025

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of the property as a 6 bedroom HMO (Use Class C4)

Received
28 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Neville's Cross
Agent
James Wells Planning Limited
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 12 Brierville Durham DH1 4QE. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 95 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Neville's Cross. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.

96% of amendment 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 4QE
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2025
Consultation expiry
3 June 2025
Consultation start
13 May 2025
Consultation end
3 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
2 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 May 2025
Last date for comments
29 May 2025
Target decision date
24 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
James Wells Planning Limited
Agent address
Pendeen Plymouth PL9 9BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 May 2025
Site notice end
29 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13972957
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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