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East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG

DM/26/02745/VOCVariation of ConditionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Variation of conditions 2, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19 of planning permission DM/24/02710/FPA ( partial demolition, refurbishment and retention of the existing college buildings, and construction of a new two-storey teaching block and ancillary buildings with associated external works, substation, landscaping and access) as amended by applications ref: DM/25/01902/NMA, DM/26/00329/NMA, and DM/26/01391/NMA to capture the phased demolition of the Science Block and to allow the habitat completion report to be approved within 12 months of occupation.

Received
13 October 2026
Decision due
23 December 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Ward
Neville's Cross
Agent
DPP Planning
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 12 November.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (25)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Neville's Cross. We hold 1,246 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.

100% of conditions 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 3SG
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
City Of Durham

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2026
Consultation expiry
12 November 2026
Consultation start
22 October 2026
Consultation end
12 November 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 October 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 November 2026
Last date for comments
12 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
DPP Planning
Agent address
Studio 014 Haylofts St Thomas' Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15261309
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: County Durham

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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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