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Bon Voyage Taxis Ltd Chester Road East Stanley Stanley DH9 0TJ

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/25/02203/FPA Full Planning Application

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Change of use from car dealership to 24-hour private hire taxi office (no taxi rank) (retrospective)

As published by the council, reference DM/25/02203/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/25/02203/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
8 Aug 2025
Validated
14 Aug 2025
Ward
Stanley
Parish
Stanley
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DH9 0TJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Aug 2025

    Received by County Durham

  2. 14 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 9 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

13 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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