Land To The East Of Beacon Avenue Sedgefield TS21 3AE

1. 17 Jun 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 18 Jun 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 29 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 13 August 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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• 37 Beacon Avenue Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3AE

  DM/23/00580/FPA Submitted 1 Mar 2023 200 yards away

  Change of use from open space to residential & enclosure with 900mm high picket fencing and hedge

  Granted Full applications 14 docs

• 30 Beaumont Court Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3AH

  DM/23/00152/FPA Submitted 20 Jan 2023 250 yards away

  Change of use of land to side from open space to residential and enclosure with 1m timber fence (retrospective)

  Granted Full applications 7 docs
  Small domestic

• Land To The East Of Sedgefield Community College Hawthorn Road Sedgefield TS21 3DD

  DM/25/01116/NMA Submitted 25 Apr 2025 250 yards away

  A non-material amendment to vary the wording of condition 3 to: The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved documents and plans: Design and Access Statement rev A containing design principles Vehicular and Pedestrian Access A-200-03 REV A Reason: To define the consent and ensure that a satisfactory form of development is obtained in accordance with Policies 6, 21, 26, 29 and 39 of the County Durham Plan and Parts 9, 12 and 15 of the NPPF.

  Granted Amendments 4 docs

• Land To The East Of Sedgefield Community College Hawthorn Road Sedgefield TS21 3DD

  DM/25/00718/RM Submitted 13 Mar 2025 250 yards away

  Approval of reserved matters relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale pursuant to DM/20/01351/OUT

  Granted Reserved matters 19 docs

• Former Beacon Lane Cemetery Beacon Avenue Sedgefield TS21 3AB

  DM/26/02693/TPO Submitted 7 Oct 2026 300 yards away

  92% historically approved · decision due ~3 Dec

  G2. Elm - Fell dead and dying trees

  Awaiting decision Trees

• 8 St Edmunds Green Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3HT

  DM/26/01339/FPA Submitted 27 May 2026 300 yards away

  Single-storey rear extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 12 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