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The Hut Burnopfield Communal Room Front Street Burnopfield NE16 6LX

DM/26/00919/PNDPrior Notification DemolitionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Reqd and GrantedFast Track2 conditions

Proposal

Proposed demolition of building and asbestos removal

Received
8 April 2026
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Derwent And Pont Valley
  1. Received8 Apr
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at The Hut Burnopfield Communal Room Front Street Burnopfield NE16 6LX. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Burnopfield conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Derwent And Pont Valley. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

89% of outline 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
NE16 6LX
Application type
Prior Notification Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2026
Consultation expiry
15 May 2026
Consultation start
1 May 2026
Consultation end
15 May 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026
Permission expires
3 June 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Burnopfield
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Durham

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