23 Fourth Street Crookhall Consett DH8 7LS
Approved on 24 February 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredHouseholder (No Objection)3 conditions
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Proposal
Loft conversion with dormer window and creation of vehicular access to rear yard.
- Received
- 8 January 2026
- Decision level
- Householder (No Objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Delves Lane
- Agent
- Richardson Surveying & Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived8 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation9 Feb
- TargetTarget Date6 Mar
- DecidedDecided24 Feb
Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 23 Fourth Street Crookhall Consett DH8 7LS. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Delves Lane. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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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Application details
- Postcode
- DH8 7LS
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 24 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Richardson Surveying & Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- RICHARDSON SURVEYING & ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- 32 Barnsley Way Consett Durham DH8 0TW United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 29 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 19 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14607602
- 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)
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.
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