Lumley Park House Lumley New Road Castle Dene Chester-le-street DH3 4EY
Proposal
Structural repair and strengthening of existing kitchen roof trusses, replacement of kitchen vaulted ceiling, replacement of rotten ceiling joists and damaged lath and plaster ceiling to Cloakroom. Installation of 3 No. steel pattress restraints to bulging garage north gable wall, renewal of lime render finish to east gable wall, like for like replacement of timber horizontally sliding sash window to garage north gable and repairs to brick garden wall.
- Received
- 6 May 2025
- Decided
- 2 July 2025 · Approved
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Lumley And West Rainton
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- ReceivedSubmitted6 May
- ValidatedValidated7 May
- Consult.Consultation3 Jun
- TargetTarget Date2 Jul
- DecidedDecided2 Jul
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
This is a heritage application for a garage at Lumley Park House Lumley New Road Castle Dene Chester-le-street DH3 4EY. Durham has handled 445 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 58 days. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Lumley And West Rainton. We hold 655 applications in total for the DH3 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202422 Jul
Taking down badly eroded masonry and rebuilding outer skin to main house east gable. Removal of timber…
ApprovedListed building consentDM/24/01996/LB - 202330 Jun
Internal and external repairs and alterations with single-storey rear extension
ApprovedListed building consentDM/23/01934/LB - 202330 Jun
Internal and external repairs and alterations with single-storey rear extension
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/23/01933/FPA
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: County Durham
- Ancient woodland: Lumley Park WoodPart 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 (18)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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