Former Greenfield Community College Sunnydale Campus Middridge Lane Shildon DL4 2EP

1. 22 Nov 2022

   Received by County Durham

2. 19 Dec 2022

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required

3. 26 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

County Durham granted permission on 19 December 2022, 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.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Sunnydale Leisure Centre Middridge Lane Shildon Co Durham

  7/2003/0741/DM Submitted 5 Dec 2003 50 yards away

  ALTERATIONS TO MAIN ENTRANCE

  Granted Other

• 8 Larch Avenue Shildon DL4 2BW

  DM/25/03351/FPA Submitted 1 Dec 2025 350 yards away

  Retention of 1.8m high timber boundary fence and gate.

  Refused Full applications 12 docs
  Small domestic

• 4 Larch Avenue Shildon DL4 2BW

  DM/25/02017/FPA Submitted 23 Jul 2025 350 yards away

  Single storey rear extension, new access door within the gable elevation of the original property.

  Granted Full applications Extension 10 docs
  Small domestic

• 9-16 Fir Tree And 22-28 Maple Avenue Shildon DL4 2AG

  DM/22/01398/NMA Submitted 11 May 2022 350 yards away

  Non Material Amendment to planning approval ref: DM/21/03180/FPA to relocate plots 10 and 11 away from sewer easement

  Granted Amendments 5 docs

• 9-16 Fir Tree And 22-28 Maple Avenue Shildon DL4 2AG

  DM/22/03559/DRC Submitted 30 Nov 2022 350 yards away

  Discharge of Condition 8 (Land Contamination) pursuant to planning approval DM/21/03180/FPA (Amended 20.01.23)

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• Garage 17 Garage Block Magnolia Way Shildon

  DM/21/02067/PND Submitted 8 Jun 2021 450 yards away

  Prior notification for the demolition of garages 1-17 and retention of hardstanding

  Granted Prior approval Demolition 7 docs

• DM/26/02644/PND Awaiting decision

  Low Houses West And East Low Houses Newbiggin DL12 0UJ

  Prior Approval for the demolition of agricultural buildings (north east of 1 Low Houses)

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/02208/PND Decided

  Units 9, 10 And 10A Bishop Auckland Trade Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9TT

  Demolition of Units 9, 10 and 10A

  Received 24 Aug, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/02545/PND Awaiting decision

  4, 5 And 6 Dellside Willington Crook DL15 0BU

  Demolition of three houses

  Received 22 Sep, published by the council 16 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/02211/PND Decided

  Londonderry Works George Street Industrial Estate Seaham SR7 7SL

  Prior Notification for demolition of existing industrial buildings and associated structures.

  Received 24 Aug, published by the council 28 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/01904/HPN Granted

  Morton Cottage Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6QA

  The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.0m, for which the maximum height would be 3.6m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.5m.

  Received 21 Jul, published by the council 6 Aug 2026 Prior approval