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St Godrics RC Primary School Thornley Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3NR

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/25/02094/FPA Full Planning Application

Works: Extension Small domestic

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Proposal

Proposed single-storey extension to existing building to provide early years learning space including classroom, toilets, group room, storage, cloakroom, and erection of external canopies.

As published by the council, reference DM/25/02094/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/25/02094/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
30 Jul 2025
Validated
1 Aug 2025
Ward
Thornley And Wheatley Hill
Parish
Wheatley Hill
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DH6 3NR

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/26/02393/DRC Awaiting decision

    St Godrics RC Primary School Thornley Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3NR

    Discharge of conditions 5 (car park management) and 13 (archaeological investigation) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/02094/FPA.

    Submitted 9 Sep 2026
  • DM/26/00846/DRC Granted

    St Godrics RC Primary School Thornley Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3NR

    Discharge of Conditions 7 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) and 8 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/02094/FPA.

    Decided 28 Jul 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Jul 2025

    Received by County Durham

  2. 1 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 26 September 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.

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • DM/26/02393/DRC Awaiting decision

    St Godrics RC Primary School Thornley Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3NR

    Discharge of conditions 5 (car park management) and 13 (archaeological investigation) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/02094/FPA.

    Submitted 9 Sep 2026
  • DM/26/00846/DRC Granted

    St Godrics RC Primary School Thornley Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3NR

    Discharge of Conditions 7 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) and 8 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/02094/FPA.

    Decided 28 Jul 2026 Conditions

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Building Design Northern Ltd Agent, a design practice registered in Sunderland

Active · incorporated 1983 · Sunderland

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Documents

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

18 documents on file for this application

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What 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.

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