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Allowed18 September 20253369054

1 Coldstream, Ouston, ChesterleStreet, DH2 1LQ

Planning appeal 3369054 at 1 Coldstream, Ouston, ChesterleStreet, DH2 1LQ (Durham County Council) was allowed on 18 September 2025 by Inspector Lancaster K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the living conditions of occupiers of 2 Coldstream, with particular regard to privacy, noise and disturbance.

conversion of one room in the property to a self- contained beauty salon

Authority
Durham County Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Lancaster K
Postcode
DH2 1LQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on the living conditions of occupiers of 2 Coldstream, with particular regard to privacy, noise and disturbance
  • the effect of the development on living conditions of existing or future occupiers of the host property with particular regard to the reduction in residential floorspace and privacy

What decided it

The limited scale of the beauty salon operation (one customer at a time, maximum five per day, restricted hours) combined with the absence of substantive evidence of harm to neighbouring or host property occupiers, and the Environmental Health Officer's lack of objection, justified allowing the appeal subject to conditions controlling the use.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 6Policy 29Policy 31

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