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60 Dragonville Sherburn Road Durham DH1 2DX

DM/25/03604/FPAFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 3 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use from 1No 3 bedroom dwellinghouse to 2No 2 bedroom flats with single storey rear extension

Received
31 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Belmont
Agent
K1 Architectural Design
  1. Received31 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 60 Dragonville Sherburn Road Durham DH1 2DX. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Belmont. We hold 1,246 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development fails to demonstrate a need for accommodation of this type in this location and does not provide any evidence of consultation with any relevant education provider pursuant to an identified need contrary to CDP Policy 16(2)(criterion (a) and (b)).
  2. The development fails to provide adequate internal floorspace to meet the needs of future occupiers and does not comply with the minimum requirements set out in the NDSS and as such is considered contrary to Policies 29(e) and 16.2(f) of the County Durham Plan and Part 12 of the NPPF.
  3. The development fails to provide adequate information to demonstrate that the subdivision of the property could be accommodated without adverse impact to residential amenity from the outbreak of noise to adjacent dwellings, contrary to Policies 6(a) and 31 of the CDP and Part 15 of the NPPF. STATEMENT OF PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT In accordance with Article 35(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, the Local Planning Authority has, without prejudice to a fair and objective assessment of the proposals, issues raised and representations received, sought to work with the applicant in a

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
DH1 2DX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Belmont

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Consultation start
9 January 2026
Consultation end
30 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 January 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
K1 Architectural Design
Agent address
9 Farnham Street Lemington Newcastle Upon Tyne NE15 8RF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 January 2026
Site notice end
13 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14586446
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© 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.

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