St Johns College 1 - 7 South Bailey Durham DH1 3RJ
Approved on 22 December 2025
Fast Track
Proposal
Replacement of 11no. flush casement windows to the north east and south east elevations with 11no. flush casement windows
- Received
- 12 November 2025
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- Agent
- Method Building Consultancy Limited
- ReceivedReceived12 Nov
- ValidatedValidated13 Nov
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date8 Jan
- DecidedDecided22 Dec
Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for window replacement at St Johns College 1 - 7 South Bailey Durham DH1 3RJ. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 120 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 3RJ
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 8 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 22 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Method Building Consultancy Limited
- Agent address
- Citygate House Bath Lane Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne And Wear NE4 5SQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 November 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 19 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 10 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14479923
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Jun
Various Tree Works
PendingTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/26/01475/TCA - 20268 Apr
Internal re-configuration of a small ground floor area, used as student accommodation, to form 3 new en-suite…
PendingListed building consentDM/26/00883/LB - 20261 Apr
The proposal involves the reuse of the existing store and WC to create a mixed-use WC and an accessible WC.
PendingListed building consentDM/26/00845/LB
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Consultants on this application
- Method Building Consultancy Limited · Agent for this application
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