Planning application
County Durham Probation Service Highfield Parliament Street Consett DH8 5DH
Works: New dwelling Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of former Probationary Service offices (Use Class E) into 5 No apartments and construction of 1 new build dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)
As published by the council, reference DM/25/02275/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/02275/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 18 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 26 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Consett North
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH8 5DH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2025
Received by County Durham
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26 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 21 November 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
72 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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.
About full applications
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