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43 Oak Avenue Sherburn Road Estate Durham DH1 2ET

Refused County Durham DM/25/02066/FPA Full Planning Application

Works: Extension Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a flexible use permission as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4) and a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) under the provisions of Class V of Part 3 of the GPDO including erection of single-storey extension to rear and provision of cycle and bin storage.

As published by the council, reference DM/25/02066/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/25/02066/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
28 Jul 2025
Validated
29 Jul 2025
Decided
8 Oct 2025
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Parish
No Parish
Decision by
Central East Planning Committee
Postcode
DH1 2ET

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Jul 2025

    Received by County Durham

  2. 29 Jul 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 8 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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ELG Planning Agent, a planning consultancy

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

23 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

County Durham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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