County Durham Probation Service Highfield Parliament Street Consett DH8 5DH
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Proposal
Conversion of former Probationary Service offices (Use Class E) into 5 No apartments and construction of 1 new build dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)
- Received
- 18 August 2025
- Decision due
- 21 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Consett North
- ReceivedReceived18 Aug
- ValidatedValidated26 Sep
- Consult.Consultation1 Sep
- TargetTarget Date21 Nov
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at County Durham Probation Service Highfield Parliament Street Consett DH8 5DH. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Consett North. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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
- DH8 5DH
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 1 September 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 August 2026
- Consultation end
- 1 September 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 31 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Simon Timperley RIBA
- Agent address
- The Old Gardens Fourstones Hexham NE47 5DL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 10 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 31 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13964140
- Documents
- 74
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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