St Johns College 1 - 7 South Bailey Durham DH1 3RJ
Proposal
The proposal involves the reuse of the existing store and WC to create a mixed-use WC and an accessible WC.
- Received
- 1 April 2026
- Decision due
- 28 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- ReceivedReceived1 Apr
- ValidatedValidated2 Apr
- Consult.Consultation1 May
- TargetTarget Date28 May
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a heritage application at St Johns College 1 - 7 South Bailey Durham DH1 3RJ. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe. We hold 1,244 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 3RJ
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 4 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 1 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 4 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Liddon House Belmont Business Park Durham DH1 1TW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 13 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 4 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14825265
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (20)
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Associated applications
- 20268 Apr
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PendingListed building consentFiled alongsideDM/26/00883/LB - 20261 Apr
The proposal involves the reuse of the existing store and WC to create a mixed-use WC and an accessible WC.
This applicationPendingListed building consentDM/26/00845/LB
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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