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St Georges Church South Moor Road South Moor Stanley DH9 7EQ

DM/25/01649/CPOCertificate of Lawfulness Proposed OperaAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing building formerly used a church, (previously falling under use class d1, newly defined within current use class as f1). The applicant proposed another use for the building which they consider falls within the F1 use class

Received
20 June 2025
Decision due
25 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Craghead And South Moor
Agent
Artisan Architecture
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated30 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Aug
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at St Georges Church South Moor Road South Moor Stanley DH9 7EQ. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 June 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Craghead And South Moor. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the DH9 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
DH9 7EQ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanley

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 June 2025
Consultation expiry
2 August 2025
Consultation start
1 August 2025
Consultation end
2 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Artisan Architecture
Architect profile
ARTISAN ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
South Shields Business Works Henry Robson Way Station Road South Shields NE33 1RF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14111718
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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The site is in flood zone 2 (Environment Agency).

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    39.5 miBedale
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