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St Georges Church South Moor Road South Moor Stanley DH9 7EQ

Granted County Durham DM/25/01649/CPO Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing building formerly used a church, (previously falling under use class d1, newly defined within current use class as f1). The applicant proposed another use for the building which they consider falls within the F1 use class

As published by the council, reference DM/25/01649/CPO

Application record

Reference
DM/25/01649/CPO
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
20 Jun 2025
Validated
30 Jun 2025
Decided
21 Aug 2025
Ward
Craghead And South Moor
Parish
Stanley
Decision by
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Postcode
DH9 7EQ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Jun 2025

    Received by County Durham

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Aug 2025

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Artisan Architecture Agent, an architecture practice registered in Halifax

Active · incorporated 2019 · Halifax

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Documents

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6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

County Durham granted permission on 21 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 lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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