Telecommunications Mast (64140) Royal County Hotel Old Elvet Durham DH1 3JN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
The removal of 1no. wall mounted tri-sector flagpole antenna and 1no. existing equipment cabinet to be replaced with new 1no. new 9-metre-high alpha tri-sector flagpole antenna, 2no. new equipment cabinets, 1no. new GPS node and associated ancillary works thereto. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 19 Aug 2026 · Full Delegated · Last checked 20 Aug 2026
Documents 11
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 1
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 7
Site constraints 10
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Important details
- Council
- Durham
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- DH1 3JN
- Received
- 2 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 3 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 29 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 19 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Full Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Avison Young
How this decision compares
Decided in 77 days from validation, 21 days slower than Durham's median of 56 for full applications. Refused, as 5% of full applications here are.
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Public comments
No public comments yet.
29 neighbours consulted · Last counted 20 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14719801
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14719801
- Neighbours
- 4 Jun 2026
- Consultation
- 4 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 2 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 11 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 29 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
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