Planning application
25 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7EP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Conversion from shop with office above to a mixed use for a catering education facility at ground floor, with commercial restaurant and retail space. Upper floors training support, job creation and business start up space. (Mixed use Class F1, and Class E).
As published by the council, reference DM/23/00195/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/23/00195/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 26 Jan 2023
- Validated
- 31 Jan 2023
- Decided
- 28 Mar 2023
- Ward
- Bishop Auckland Town (Historic)
- Parish
- Bishop Auckland
- Decision by
- Full Delegated
- Postcode
- DL14 7EP
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/23/00196/LB Granted
25 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7EP
Internal and external alterations to facilitate the conversion of the premises to a catering education facility at ground floor, with commercial restaurant and retail space. Upper floors providing training support, job creation and business start up space and extension for a new lift.
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DM/22/03530/LB Granted
25 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7EP
Repairs to Grade II Listed Building, including shopfront, bay windows, second floor windows, timber lintels, gutters, brickwork and render
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Jan 2023
Received by County Durham
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31 Jan 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Mar 2023
Decision issued: Approved
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15 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Napper Architects Agent, an architecture practice
Active · incorporated 2002
49 applications on PlanIndex · across 20 councils · 100% granted
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24 documents on file for this application
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County Durham granted permission on 28 March 2023, 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.
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