1 The Butts Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2UF

1. 5 Aug 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 6 Aug 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 1 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.

This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided heritage and listed building applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Market Cottage 6 Market Place Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2UJ

  DM/22/03450/DRC Submitted 18 Nov 2022 50 yards away

  Discharge of conditions 4 (window and door details), 5 (sample materials and sample panel of stonework) and 6 (flue/vent details) pursuant to DM/22/01527/VOC and DM/22/01662/VOC

  Granted Conditions Windows or glazing 16 docs

• The Bonny Moorhen Hotel 25 Front Street Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2TS

  DM/25/02216/VOC Submitted 12 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  Variation of Condition 2 (time to re-build wall) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/01838/LB to allow for an extended timeframe to re-build wall.

  Refused Amendments 8 docs

• 2 Butts Crescent Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2UG

  DM/25/02316/LB Submitted 20 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~16 Oct

  Replacement of the existing front door with a new door to match the existing style and material.

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 5 docs

• 42 Front Street Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2UE

  DM/23/00667/LB Submitted 8 Mar 2023 100 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~4 May

  Formation of a new entrance and internal remodelling to improve accessibility and internal circulation

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 14 docs

• 40-42 Front Street Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2UE

  DM/23/00666/FPA Submitted 8 Mar 2023 100 yards away

  94% historically approved · decision due ~4 May

  Formation of a new entrance and internal remodelling to improve accessibility and internal circulation

  Awaiting decision Full applications 20 docs

• Hill View 3 Church Lane Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2YZ

  DM/24/02121/TCA Submitted 1 Aug 2024 100 yards away

  Felling of Cherry Blossom Tree- Section 211 notice

  Granted Trees 9 docs

• DM/26/01830/LB Granted

  39 Front Street Lanchester Durham DH7 0HT

  Listed Building Consent for repairs and improvements to a listed dwelling including roof repairs and partial reroofing, rooflights, replacement insulated kitchen floor, repair and replacement of doors and windows, installation of a first-floor bathroom, drainage alterations, reduction in height of an unsafe chimney stack, and alterations to the approved stable rebuilding scheme including a revised door and additional rooflight (pursuant to permissions DM/19/01282/FPA and DM/19/01283/LB).

  Received 15 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• DM/26/01770/LB Granted

  The Barn Bedburn Road Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3PZ

  Replace 3 existing upvc windows and a composite door with wooden windows and doors.

  Received 9 Jul, published by the council 6 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• DM/26/01915/LB Granted

  Signal Box Heighington Railway Station Heighington Lane Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6QG

  Installation of air conditioning in Heighington Railway Station signal box

  Received 23 Jul, published by the council 6 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• DM/26/02045/LB Granted

  51 Claypath Durham DH1 1QS

  Replacement of the rear entrance door, installation of a uPVC panel and ventilation housing for a new ventilation duct from the gas meter cupboard, and new uPVC tubing from the gas meter cupboard along the internal walls into the new extraction duct.

  Received 5 Aug, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• DM/26/02422/LB Awaiting decision

  Old Durham Gardens Bent House Lane Durham DH1 2RY

  Installation of two metal information signs on the boundary of Old Durham Gardens

  Received 11 Sep, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Heritage and listed buildings