DM/25/02284/CPO

1. 18 Aug 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 4 Sep 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development. Extensions of time are common.

This application is with County Durham for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

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  Proposed electrical substation

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  Single storey electrical switchroom

  20 Jan 2026 179m away Full applications
• DM/26/00546/LB Granted

  2 Hollinside Terrace Hollinside Durham DH7 0RQ

  Renovation of two windows to the front elevation

  5 Mar 2026 323m away Heritage and listed buildings
• DM/25/02857/LB Granted

  10 Hollinside Terrace Hollinside Durham DH7 0RQ

  Listed Building Consent for the installation of solar panels on rear roof slope (southeast) and air source heat pump to rear

  10 Oct 2025 357m away Heritage and listed buildings
• DM/25/02856/FPA Granted

  10 Hollinside Terrace Hollinside Durham DH7 0RQ

  Installation of solar panels on rear roof slope (southeast) and air source heat pump to rear

  10 Oct 2025 357m away Full applications
• DM/26/00713/LB Granted

  11 Hollinside Terrace Hollinside Durham DH7 0RQ

  Listed Building Consent for 4 No. replacement windows to rear. Part retrospective as work to large ground floor kitchen window has commenced

  20 Mar 2026 359m away Heritage and listed buildings

• DM/26/01728/CPO Awaiting decision

  East Farm House 127 Manor Road Medomsley Consett DH8 6QL

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  6 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• DM/26/01088/CPO Granted

  16 Wackerfield Darlington DL2 3AP

  Installation of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and associated works

  29 Apr 2026 Lawful development
• DM/26/01703/CPO Awaiting decision

  Aycliffe Village Primary School North Terrace Aycliffe Village Newton Aycliffe DL5 6LG

  Instillation of timber playground equipment.

  2 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• DM/26/00515/CEU Refused

  17 Generation Place Consett DH8 5XT

  Use of dwellinghouse (C3) as a children's home for one child with two carers present at all times

  3 Mar 2026 Lawful development
• DM/26/01642/CEU Awaiting decision

  17 Boyd Street Durham DH1 3DP

  Certificate of lawfulness for use of the property as a House in Multiple Occupation (Use class C4).

  25 Jun 2026 Lawful development