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St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

DM/26/02289/NMAPermitted
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Non-material amendment to update the Construction Phase Plan approved upder Condition 12 of planning permission DM/24/01173/FPA, in order to take into account the construction and school traffic management proposals required to facilitate the continuation of the Phase 3 demolition and refurbishment works to take account of the extended time required to remove asbestos from the site.

Received
15 September 2026
Decided
29 September 2026 · Approved
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 October 2026
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 14 days

This is a planning application for demolition at St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG. Durham has handled 17,928 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Durham's median. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,171 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
DM/26/02289/NMA
Address
St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG
Postcode
DH1 4NG
Local Authority
Durham
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
1 September 2026
Date Decided
29 September 2026
Date Validated
15 September 2026
Date Submitted
15 September 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
7
Coordinates
54.782417, -1.586879
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Durham

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Durham City
  • Listed building: Grade II: ObeliskOn this site · +3 more
  • 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.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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