Planning application
Olivers Garden Centre Holmhill Lane Chester Moor Chester-le-Street DH2 3RQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application under Section 192(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for a Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the change of use from garden centre to builders' merchants; including the erection of covered open storage unit, external material storage and ancillary car parking.
As published by the council, reference DM/21/01635/CPO
Application record
- Reference
- DM/21/01635/CPO
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 6 May 2021
- Validated
- 6 May 2021
- Decided
- 13 Jul 2021
- Ward
- Chester-le-Street South
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Full Delegated
- Postcode
- DH2 3RQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DRC/22/00272 Withdrawn
Olivers Garden Centre Holmhill Lane Chester Moor Chester-le-Street DH2 3RQ
Discharge of condition 3 (Schedule of materials), condition 8 (Land contamination report(Phase 02)), condition 10 (Landscaping plan), condition 11 (Various method statements and construction plans), condition 13 (lighting) of permission DM/20/02327/VOC.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 May 2021
Received by County Durham
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13 Jul 2021
Decision issued: Approved
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2 Sep 2026
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Agent on file, a firm of solicitors
3 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
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17 documents on file for this application
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County Durham granted permission on 13 July 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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