85 Gilesgate Durham DH1 1HY
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Proposal
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness to establish that works undertaken on site is a meaningful implementation of planning permission DM/23/00814/FPA, which was granted on 23 June 2023.
- Received
- 23 March 2026
- Decision due
- 19 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- ReceivedReceived23 Mar
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation21 Apr
- TargetTarget Date19 May
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 85 Gilesgate Durham DH1 1HY. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 14 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.
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 1HY
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 30 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 31 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 31 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 30 April 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 9 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 30 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14800523
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Durham City
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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.
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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Source: Durham
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