Snow Hall Main Road Gainford DL2 3BL

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 0 approved, 1 refused.

• DM/25/02230/TPO Refused

  Snow Hall Main Road Gainford DL2 3BL

  Beech G2 - felling of tree due to disease damage and risk of falling on adjacent property

  Decided 14 Oct 2025 Trees

1. 18 Nov 2024

   Received by County Durham

2. 17 Mar 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 29 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 12 May 2025, 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 decided full applications in a median of 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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• Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

  DM/25/03012/VOC Submitted 27 Oct 2025 50 yards away

  Variation of condition 12 (phasing) pursuant to DM/24/01421/FPA for the erection of 5 dwellings

  Granted Amendments 5 docs
  Several homes

• Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

  DM/25/03447/DRC Submitted 11 Dec 2025 50 yards away

  Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan condition pursuant to DM/25/03012/VOC

  Granted Conditions 3 docs

• Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

  DM/26/00966/DRC Submitted 16 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  Discharge of conditions 3 (sustainability statement), 4 (windows and doors) and 7 (hedge planting) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/03012/VOC.

  Granted Conditions Windows or glazing 3 docs

• Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

  DM/24/01421/FPA Submitted 29 May 2024 50 yards away

  Erection of 5no. dwellings and associated works

  Granted Full applications 36 docs
  Several homes

• Sentosa Main Road Gainford Darlington DL2 3BQ

  TPO/407/2025 Submitted 15 Jul 2025 100 yards away

  Sentosa Main Road Gainford Tree Preservation Order 2025

  Granted Trees

• Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

  DM/26/01775/DRC Submitted 9 Jul 2026 100 yards away

  Discharge of Condition 9 (external doors and windows) pursuant to planning application DM/24/01494/VOC.

  Granted Windows or glazing 2 docs

• DM/26/02340/FPA Awaiting decision

  Unit 8 Esh Winning Industrial Estate Esh Winning Durham DH7 9PT

  Erection of a steel-framed B2/B8 storage building (Retrospective)

  Received 4 Sep, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/02306/FPA Awaiting decision

  6 Victoria Avenue Bishop Auckland DL14 7JH

  Change of use from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse). To include proposed residential accommodation comprising six bedrooms together with shared communal and ancillary spaces.

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/02287/FPA Awaiting decision

  Durham C I U Headquarters Ltd Club Union House Flass Street Durham DH1 4EF

  Change of use of ground floor to Class E (b) for use as restaurant

  Received 1 Sep, published by the council 29 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01157/FPA Granted

  24 Birkdale Gardens Belmont Durham DH1 2UJ

  First floor side extension

  Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01154/FPA Granted

  2 Mill Court Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6DJ

  Two-storey side and rear extensions with decking

  Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications