University College Durham Castle Palace Green Durham DH1 3RW
Approved on 8 January 2026
Fast Track
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Proposal
Listed building consent for the dismantling and removal of a chimney stack to the west elevation above the Buttery (retrospective).
- Received
- 21 October 2025
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- ReceivedReceived21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation5 Dec
- TargetTarget Date12 Jan
- DecidedDecided8 Jan
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at University College Durham Castle Palace Green Durham DH1 3RW. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.
95% of heritage 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 3RW
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 5 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 25 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 8 January 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 20 November 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 4 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 25 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14388075
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Durham City
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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 May
Installation of metal gates and railings within existing openings in the Castle Terrace Wall and associated…
PendingListed building consentDM/26/01263/LB - 202620 May
Installation of metal gates and railings within existing openings in the Castle Terrace Wall and associated…
PendingApplicationDM/26/01262/FPA - 202612 Feb
Installation of bracket to mount projector on west wall of the Norman Chapel
PendingListed building consentDM/26/00339/LB - 202529 Apr
T793 - Sycamore - Remove tree that is in close proximity to Castle walls which are at risk of being…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/25/01152/TCA
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