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Methodist Church Fairfalls Terrace New Brancepeth Durham DH7 7HP

Decided County Durham DM/23/03733/FPA Full Planning Application

Works: New dwelling Loft or dormer Several homes

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Conversion and change of use of church to create three new dwellings (Class C3), elevational changes, new rooflights and ancillary parking.

As published by the council, reference DM/23/03733/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/23/03733/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Finally Disposed Of
Received
11 Dec 2023
Validated
12 Dec 2023
Decided
6 Sep 2024
Ward
Deerness (Historic)
Parish
Brandon And Byshottles
Decision by
Full Delegated
Postcode
DH7 7HP

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/26/01639/DRC Granted

    Methodist Church Fairfalls Terrace New Brancepeth Durham DH7 7HP

    Discharge of Conditions Application for Conditions 5 (Boundary Treatment), 6 (Hard Surfacing), 12 (Habitat Implementation) and 13 (Habitat Completion) pursuant to application DM/24/02431/FPA.

    Decided 5 Oct 2026
  • DM/25/03106/DRC Granted

    Methodist Church Fairfalls Terrace New Brancepeth Durham DH7 7HP

    Discharge of Conditions 7 (Landscaping), 9 (Bat Method Statement), 10 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) and 11 (HMMP) pursuant to application reference DM/24/02431/FPA.

    Decided 12 Dec 2025 Conditions
  • DM/24/02431/FPA Granted

    Methodist Church Fairfalls Terrace New Brancepeth Durham DH7 7HP

    Proposed Church conversion to create three new dwellings with associated parking and alterations to the elevations of the building.

    Decided 6 Aug 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Dec 2023

    Received by County Durham

  2. 12 Dec 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 6 Sep 2024

    Decision issued: Finally Disposed Of

  4. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Setsquare Architecture Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Halifax

Active · incorporated 2019 · Halifax

9 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

19 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

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