Esh C Of E Primary School, Front Street, Esh Village

1. 18 Jun 2004

   Received by County Durham

2. 26 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 13 August 2004, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   County Durham took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham's median decision took 58 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Esh Church Of England Aided Primary School Front Street Esh Durham DH7 9QR

  DM/25/01969/TCA Submitted 18 Jul 2025 50 yards away

  Oak growing near the boundary wall that is overhanging the public footpath and growing towards the road and telephone services, to be crown cleaned, and reduced back from the footpath and crown lifted to 2.4m, self seeded saplings growing along the boundary wall to be removed, trees overhanging private steps leading from public footpath to fenced play ground to be pruned back/ crown lifted to 2.4m. - Section 211 notice

  Granted Trees 6 docs
  Small domestic

• Esh Church Of England Aided Primary School Front Street Esh Durham DH7 9QR

  DM/22/03176/FPA Submitted 27 Oct 2022 50 yards away

  Replacement windows & doors to entrance porch to provide improved accessibility and addition of external shelter.

  Granted Full applications Extension Windows or glazing 22 docs
  Small domestic

• St Michaels Roman Catholic School Front Street Esh Durham DH7 9QY

  DM/21/02420/TCA Submitted 6 Jul 2021 100 yards away

  Various tree works (Section 211 notice)

  Granted Trees 1 doc

• St Michaels Roman Catholic School Front Street Esh Durham DH7 9QY

  DM/22/02932/TCA Submitted 5 Oct 2022 100 yards away

  Prune to clear overhead phone lines by 2m -T4-Sycamore, trim group to tidy mixed group-G7, prune to tidy small stub from T9-Poplar, monitor cavity biennially of T10-Sycamore, remove major deadwood and crown lift to 2.5m- T11 and T14-Alders, crown lift to 2.5m removing secondary branches only-T17-Oak, crown reduce and reshape by 2.5m and crown lift to 2.5m and remove major deadwood of T20-Cherry (Section 211 notice)

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• St Michaels Roman Catholic School Front Street Esh Durham DH7 9QY

  DM/26/01476/TCA Submitted 9 Jun 2026 100 yards away

  Pruning, trimming and removal of deadwood in accordance with the submitted tree report for basic maintenance works - Section 211 notice

  Decided Trees 5 docs

• Lamesley Cottage Hall Road Esh Durham DH7 9QZ

  DM/24/01702/TCA Submitted 24 Jun 2024 150 yards away

  Cedar (x2) - crown reduce by 0.5-1m and trim to tidy - Section 211 notice

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• DM/23/01597/WAS Decided

  Nedco Contracts Dean And Chapter Industrial Estate Dean Bank Ferryhill DL17 8LH

  Change of use to facility for inert construction and mixed skip waste (incorporating revisions to existing site boundary and hours of operation)

  Received 2 Jun, published by the council 2 Oct 2026 Other
• DM/26/00445/WAS Granted

  Unit 11 Hurworth Road Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6UD

  Change of Use from an engineering unit to a pet crematorium and installation of ancillary flue.

  Received 24 Feb, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Other
• DM/26/00183/WAS Granted

  Units 8-10 Willow Way Industrial Estate Greencroft Industrial Park Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7DT

  Change of use from light industrial (B2/B8) to pet crematorium (sui generis) and installation of ancillary flue.

  Received 22 Jan, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Other
• DM/26/00324/HAZ Awaiting decision

  Emerald Biogas Preston Road Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6AB

  Application for hazardous substances consent

  Received 10 Feb, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Other
• DM/26/00183/FPA Awaiting decision

  Units 8-10 Willow Way Industrial Estate Greencroft Industrial Park Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7DT

  Change of use from light industrial (B2/B8) to pet crematorium (sui generis) and installation of ancillary flue.

  Received 22 Jan, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Other