The Old Quarry House North View Blackhill Consett DH8 8RR
Approved on 15 May 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track2 conditions
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Proposal
Fenestration alterations throughout the property in a black colour to include bi-folding doors, alterations to the two existing dormer windows to bridge them together to create one larger dormer window, erection of a triple oak timber carport.
- Received
- 13 March 2026
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Benfieldside
- ReceivedReceived13 Mar
- ValidatedValidated16 Mar
- Consult.Consultation13 Apr
- TargetTarget Date11 May
- DecidedDecided15 May
Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at The Old Quarry House North View Blackhill Consett DH8 8RR. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. 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 8RR
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 6 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 May 2026
- Decision issued
- 18 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 18 May 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 6 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14778212
- 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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