East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG
Approved on 13 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non-material amendments in relation to Condition 2, 6, 9, 10 of permission ref: DM/24/02710/FPA (new teaching block etc) to realign the boot wash, resulting in a small improvement to the overall biodiversity net gain (BNG) score with grassland created to the east and ornamental hedging around the access to the boot wash.
- Received
- 11 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Neville's Cross
- ReceivedReceived11 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Feb
- Consult.Consultation9 Mar
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided13 Mar
Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Neville's Cross. 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 3SG
- Application type
- Non Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 13 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DPP
- Agent address
- Studio 015, Haylofts St Thomas' St Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14692495
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Green belt: County Durham
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.
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Associated applications
- 202613 Oct
Variation of conditions 2, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19 of planning permission DM/24/02710/FPA
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DM/26/02745/VOC - 202611 Feb
Non-material amendments in relation to Condition 2, 6, 9, 10 of permission ref: DM/24/02710/FPA
This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentDM/26/00329/NMA
Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20262 Jun
Non-material amendments in relation to Condition 2 and 5 of planning permission (ref: DM/24/02710/FPA
PendingNon-material amendmentDM/26/01391/NMA - 202511 Nov
Pruning works to 3no Prunus sp (T1, T2, T3)
PendingApplicationDM/25/03158/TPO - 202511 Nov
Felling and removal of 7no mature Ash (G1)
PendingApplicationDM/25/03161/TPO - 202511 Jul
Submission of details pursuant to condition 11 of planning permission DM/24/02710/FPA
PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/25/01880/DRC - 202511 Jul
Submission of details pursuant to condition 6 of planning permission ref: DM/24/02710/FPA
PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/25/01877/DRC
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