Land To The North West Of Melbury Court Old Dryburn Way Durham DH1 5SE
Approved on 8 January 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed non-material amendment involving an increase to the size of the substation with alterations to car parking layout to suit amended structural column positions.
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Framwellgate And Newton Hall
- Agent
- NW Architects
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated7 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date4 Feb
- DecidedDecided8 Jan
Decided in 1 day (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Land To The North West Of Melbury Court Old Dryburn Way Durham DH1 5SE. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Framwellgate And Newton Hall. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.
96% of amendment 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 5SE
- Application type
- Non Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 4 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 8 January 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- NW Architects
- Architect profile
- NW ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 27 York Place Leeds LS1 2EY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14576894
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
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2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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