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Land West Of 96 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3BA

DM/25/02794/FPAFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 19 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit

Received
7 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chester-le-Street North
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 103 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for signage at Land West Of 96 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3BA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Chester-le-Street conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Chester-le-Street North. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 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
DH3 3BA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2025
Consultation expiry
13 November 2025
Consultation start
14 October 2025
Consultation end
4 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 November 2025
Last date for comments
13 November 2025
Target decision date
3 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Telent
Agent address
Rutland House 5 Allen Road Livingston EH54 6TQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
13 November 2025
Site notice start
23 October 2025
Site notice end
13 November 2025

Appeal history

6004154
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 2 April 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14341763
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Chester-le-Street
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    7 Oct

    Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit

    This applicationRefusedFullDM/25/02794/FPA
  2. 2025
    7 Oct

    Two digital 75 inch LCD display screen, one on each side of the Street Hub unit.

    RefusedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideDM/25/02795/AD

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