15 - 16 Pont Lane Leadgate Consett DH8 6LA

1. 6 Dec 2024

   Received by County Durham

2. 12 Feb 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 29 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 9 April 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 57 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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• Units 5, 6, 7 And 8 Crag Works Pont Lane Leadgate Consett DH8 6LA

  DM/23/03393/FPA Submitted 9 Nov 2023 100 yards away

  Replacement of the existing asbestos cement roof cladding to units 5, 6, 7 and 8 with insulated profiled metal cladding

  Granted Full applications 14 docs

• 5 Dewhirst Close Leadgate Consett DH8 6LF

  DM/25/03449/FPA Submitted 11 Dec 2025 100 yards away

  Change of use of existing shed to a dog grooming room.

  Granted Full applications 12 docs
  Small domestic

• 38 Bradley Cottages Leadgate Consett DH8 6JY

  DM/25/02168/FPA Submitted 7 Aug 2025 250 yards away

  Two storey rear extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 12 docs

• 2 Second Street Pont Bungalows Leadgate Consett DH8 6JH

  DM/25/02149/FPA Submitted 5 Aug 2025 300 yards away

  Rear extension, raised decking/patio to front.

  Granted Full applications Extension 19 docs

• 1 First Street Pont Bungalows Leadgate Consett DH8 6JG

  DM/25/01817/FPA Submitted 7 Jul 2025 300 yards away

  Dormer window to rear, raise roof height of both existing rear extensions, ground floor infill extension to rear and off street parking to front.

  Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 9 docs

• Land South Of 40 Second Street Bradley Bungalows DH8 6JX

  DM/25/03550/FPA Submitted 19 Dec 2025 350 yards away

  Retention of change of use of land to private garden and fencing. Erection of shed.

  Refused Full applications 30 docs
  Small domestic

• 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