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162 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AY

Granted County Durham DM/24/01149/FPA Full Planning Application

Works: New dwelling Windows or glazing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

To convert restaurant to mixed use restaurant and takeaway to ground floor and the first floor to 2no. residential apartments. Alterations to shop front and new paving to side (amended)

As published by the council, reference DM/24/01149/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/24/01149/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: S106+Approved BNG Not Required
Received
30 Apr 2024
Validated
1 May 2024
Decided
29 Aug 2025
Ward
Chester-le-Street East (Historic)
Parish
No Parish
Decision by
Full Delegated
Postcode
DH3 3AY

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/25/03228/VOC Granted

    162 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AY

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission DM/24/01149/FPA.

    Decided 23 Jan 2026 Amendments
  • DM/25/02377/DRC Granted

    162 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AY

    Discharge of condition 4 (noise mitigation) and condition 6 (materials) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/01149/FPA.

    Decided 18 Sep 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Apr 2024

    Received by County Durham

  2. 1 May 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Aug 2025

    Decision issued: S106+Approved BNG Not Required

  4. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Lighthouse Architecture Agent, an architecture practice

56 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 91% granted

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Documents

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

35 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

County Durham granted permission on 29 August 2025, 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.

About full applications

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