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The Deanery The College Durham DH1 3EQ

DM/25/02174/FPAFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full

Proposal

New compliant external ramped level access with associated landscape works; internal alterations to form accessibility ramp and associated alteration of door; removal of existing concrete sub-floor and installation of new limecrete heated floor; new north passage ceiling, removal of modern partitions.

Received
7 August 2025
Decision due
9 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated14 Aug
  3. Consult.8 Sep
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 8 September.

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About this application

This is a full planning application at The Deanery The College Durham DH1 3EQ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. 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 119 applications across Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe. 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 3EQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 August 2025
Consultation expiry
10 September 2025
Consultation start
18 August 2025
Consultation end
8 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
18 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
8 September 2025
Last date for comments
10 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
ChristopherCottonArchitectLtd
Agent address
3 Whinfield Terrace Leavening Malton YO17 9SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 August 2025
Site notice end
10 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14238715
Documents
18

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.

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© 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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