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Southill Hall Plawsworth Chester-le-Street DH3 4EQ

DM/25/03213/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 22 January 2026

Fast Track

Proposal

Upgrade existing fire doors

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Sacriston And Witton Gilbert
Agent
WHp Group Ltd
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Southill Hall Plawsworth Chester-le-Street DH3 4EQ. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Sacriston And Witton Gilbert. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 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
DH3 4EQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kimblesworth And Plawsworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
18 December 2025
Consultation start
20 November 2025
Consultation end
11 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 December 2025
Last date for comments
18 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026
Permission expires
22 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHp Group Ltd
Architect profile
WHP GROUP LTD
Agent address
7 Station Road Stocksmoor Huddersfield HD4 6XN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
18 December 2025
Site notice start
21 November 2025
Site notice end
12 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14476809
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: County Durham
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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
    17 Nov

    Upgrade existing CCTV cameras

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideDM/25/03233/FPA
  2. 2025
    17 Nov

    Upgrade existing CCTV cameras

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDM/25/03234/LB
  3. 2025
    14 Nov

    Upgrade existing fire doors

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentDM/25/03213/LB

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