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St Annes Court Castle Chare Durham DH1 4TZ

DM/26/00447/LBListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
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Proposal

A new 4 mm external fibre-optic cable will be installed and routed along the plinth brickwork to provide ultrafast fibre broadband services to St Anne's Court. The cable will then be brought into the building and distributed to individual apartments as required.

Received
24 February 2026
Decision due
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 1 April.

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About this application

This is a heritage application at St Annes Court Castle Chare Durham DH1 4TZ. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4TZ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
11 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
9 April 2026
Site notice start
12 March 2026
Site notice end
2 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14730638
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Durham City
  • Listed building: Grade II*: St Annes CourtOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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