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16 - 17 Silver Street Durham DH1 3RB

DM/25/02460/CPOCertificate of Lawfulness Proposed OperaAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of proposed use for the change of use of three floors (first, second and attic) from former shop storage space (Use class E) to a 2 bed flat (Use Class C3) and repairs to existing glazing and oriel

Received
4 September 2025
Decision due
31 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Agent
Simulations Ltd
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comment on the council's siteDocuments (18)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 16 - 17 Silver Street Durham DH1 3RB. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 10 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.

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
DH1 3RB
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2025
Consultation expiry
6 October 2025
Consultation start
15 September 2025
Consultation end
6 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Simulations Ltd
Architect profile
SIMULATIONS LIMITED
Agent address
The Old Forge Seaton Lane Seaham SR7 0LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14302938
Documents
18

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 (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.

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© 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.

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