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7 The College Durham DH1 3EQ

DM/25/02138/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 13 November 2025

Fast Track

Proposal

Internal separation of the West end of the building from the remainder of 7 The College to create an additional dwelling (7A The College) by way of blocking up existing internal doors, reconfiguration of the internal partition walls on the ground floor, division of the basement to provide individual access for no.7 and 7A, M&E adaptations and general planned maintenance & repairs to achieve an acceptable standard for residential use.

Received
4 August 2025
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Agent
Savills (UK) Ltd
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Oct
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 7 The College Durham DH1 3EQ. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.

95% of heritage 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 3EQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
31 October 2025
Consultation start
3 October 2025
Consultation end
24 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
2 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 October 2025
Last date for comments
31 October 2025
Target decision date
19 November 2025
Decision issued
14 November 2025
Permission expires
14 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills (UK) Ltd
Agent address
The Lumen St James' Boulevard Newcastle Helix Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 5BZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
30 October 2025
Site notice start
10 October 2025
Site notice end
31 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14228359
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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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