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23, 24 & 25 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HY

DM/26/00301/LBListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision

Proposal

Change of use from existing university buildings to the previous and original use of 3 dwelling houses.

Received
9 February 2026
Decision due
20 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 23, 24 & 25 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HY. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe. We hold 1,246 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 3HY
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation start
26 February 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
26 March 2026
Site notice start
27 February 2026
Site notice end
20 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Durham City
  • Listed building: Grade II: 23 and 24, Old ElvetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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. 2026
    9 Feb

    Change of use from existing university buildings to the previous and original use of 3 dwelling houses.

    This applicationPendingListed building consentDM/26/00301/LB
  2. 2026
    5 Feb

    Application is for a change of use from existing university buildings to the previous and original use of 3…

    PendingFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideDM/26/00300/FPA

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