Ferndale Farm Station Town Wingate TS28 5EZ

1. 15 Aug 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 18 Aug 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 13 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 full applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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• 10 Front Street Station Town Wingate TS28 5DP

  DM/26/00333/FPA Submitted 11 Feb 2026 400 yards away

  Change of use of the existing hot food takeaway and part of the ground floor residential accommodation to form a single retail unit (Use Class E), with associated reconfiguration of the existing residential accommodation, reinstatement of shopfront, and fenestration alterations.

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 13 docs

• Carmel Cottage Station Town Wingate TS28 5EZ

  DM/26/02266/FPA Submitted 26 Aug 2026 400 yards away

  94% historically approved · decision due ~4 Nov

  Two storey rear extension.

  Awaiting decision Extension 7 docs

• Carmel Cottage Station Town Wingate TS28 5EZ

  DM/26/02333/OUT Submitted 1 Sep 2026 400 yards away

  94% historically approved · decision due ~10 Nov

  Outline application for the erection of 2 dwellings (all matters reserved).

  Awaiting decision Outline 11 docs
  Several homes

• Land To The West Of Eden Cottage Station Town TS28 5EZ

  DM/21/00640/VOC Submitted 25 Feb 2021 450 yards away

  Variation of Condition 1 of Planning Permission DM/19/03038/RM to include a single storey rear extension

  Granted Amendments Extension 19 docs
  Small domestic

• Land To The West Of Eden Cottage Station Town TS28 5EZ

  DRC/20/00031 Submitted 28 Jan 2020 0.3 miles away

  Discharge of conditions 4 (Sample Materials), 5 (Means of Enclosure), 6 (Foul and Surface Water Disposal), 9 (Construction Management Plan), 11 (Contaminated Land Assessment) pursuant to planning permission DM/18/03100/OUT

  Granted Conditions 1 doc

• Divine Care Centre Front Street Station Town Wingate TS28 5DP

  DM/21/01215/FPA Submitted 7 Apr 2021 0.3 miles away

  18-bed extension to Nursing Home and 6 associated additional car parking spaces

  Granted Full applications Extension 29 docs

• DM/26/01157/FPA Granted

  24 Birkdale Gardens Belmont Durham DH1 2UJ

  First floor side extension

  Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01154/FPA Granted

  2 Mill Court Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6DJ

  Two-storey side and rear extensions with decking

  Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01805/FPA Granted

  Park Avenue Press Dundas Street Spennymoor DL16 6AR

  Re-cladding and rendering of existing commercial frontage.

  Received 7 Jul, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01719/FPA Granted

  78 Gilesgate Durham DH1 1HY

  Replacement of defective timber windows and timber lintels repair of external stucco ashlar render to front elevation

  Received 3 Jul, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01650/FPA Granted

  Vane Tempest Hall Maynards Row Gilesgate DH1 1QF

  Proposed 2no. external condenser units to be mounted on rooftop on new unistrut frame on existing steel beams. Proposed 2no. internal 7kW air con evaporator units to be installed on equipment room wall.

  Received 26 Jun, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications