13 - 15 Silver Street Durham DH1 3RB
Approved on 18 February 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of the upper floors to create a 5-bed HMO (use class C4) and alteration to shop front to create separate access to HMO.
- Received
- 19 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- Agent
- Steve Major Limited
- ReceivedReceived19 Sep
- ValidatedValidated22 Sep
- Consult.Consultation26 Nov
- TargetTarget Date17 Nov
- DecidedDecided18 Feb
Decided in 149 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 13 - 15 Silver Street Durham DH1 3RB. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 152 days, 14 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 11 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 3RB
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 26 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 30 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 18 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Steve Major Limited
- Architect profile
- STEVE MAJOR LIMITED
- Agent address
- 5 Birchwood Dell Doncaster DN4 6SY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 9 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 30 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14306820
- Documents
- 35
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Durham City
- 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 (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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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