34 St Cuthberts Avenue Chester-le-Street DH3 3PS
Approved on 27 November 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredHPN (No Objection)
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Proposal
Prior approval for erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6.0m, for which the maximum height would be 4.0m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.68m
- Received
- 24 October 2025
- Decision level
- HPN (No Objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Chester-le-Street North
- Agent
- Marsfen Architecture
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated24 Oct
- Consult.Consultation31 Oct
- TargetTarget Date5 Dec
- DecidedDecided27 Nov
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 34 St Cuthberts Avenue Chester-le-Street DH3 3PS. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- DH3 3PS
- Application type
- Householder Prior Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 30 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 31 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 20 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 December 2025
- Decision issued
- 1 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Marsfen Architecture
- Architect profile
- MARSFEN ARCHITECTURE LTD
- Agent address
- 2 Ferndale Avenue Gosforth Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 5QE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14426181
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
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