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Durham C I U Headquarters Ltd Club Union House Flass Street Durham DH1 4EF

DM/25/02997/PN56Prior Approval ScenariosApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Reqd and GrantedFast Track

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Proposal

Prior Notification (Part 3 Class G) for change of use of vacant upper floor offices into 2no. self-contained flats

Received
24 October 2025
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Neville's Cross
Agent
Steve Major Limited
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Durham C I U Headquarters Ltd Club Union House Flass Street Durham DH1 4EF. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Neville's Cross. 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 4EF
Application type
Prior Approval Scenarios
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation start
4 November 2025
Consultation end
25 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 November 2025
Last date for comments
4 December 2025
Target decision date
18 December 2025
Permission expires
16 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Steve Major Limited
Architect profile
STEVE MAJOR LIMITED
Agent address
5 Birchwood Dell Doncaster DN4 6SY
Applicant company

Saddlers Land and Property Limited

Company number 08525013

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
13 May 2013 (13 years old)
Nature of business
Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
Durham

1 other planning application by this company in Durham.

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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 November 2025
Site notice end
4 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14084037
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    16 Oct

    Non-illuminated aluminium panel

    PendingAdvertisement consentDM/26/02786/AD

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