Planning application
147A Toft Hill Bishop Auckland DL14 0JB
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retention of garage as use as self contained short term holiday let.
As published by the council, reference DM/25/01991/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/01991/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 22 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 12 Aug 2025
- Ward
- West Auckland
- Parish
- Etherley
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL14 0JB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jul 2025
Received by County Durham
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12 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 October 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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