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Lanchester Dairies Upper Houses Farm Yeckhouse Lane Lanchester Durham DH7 0RL

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/25/02284/CPO Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera

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Proposal

Lawful development certificate for erection of an electric sub-station

As published by the council, reference DM/25/02284/CPO

Application record

Reference
DM/25/02284/CPO
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
18 Aug 2025
Validated
4 Sep 2025
Ward
Lanchester And Burnhope
Parish
Lanchester
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DH7 0RL

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/26/02371/DRC Granted

    Lanchester Dairies Upper Houses Farm Yeckhouse Lane Lanchester Durham DH7 0RL

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Tree Planting) pursuant to planning permission DM/26/00149/FPA

    Decided 15 Oct 2026
  • DM/26/01097/FPA Granted

    Lanchester Dairies Upper Houses Farm Yeckhouse Lane Lanchester Durham DH7 0RL

    Proposed electrical substation

    Decided 9 Sep 2026
  • DM/26/00149/FPA Granted

    Lanchester Dairies Upper Houses Farm Yeckhouse Lane Lanchester Durham DH7 0RL

    Single storey electrical switchroom

    Decided 23 Apr 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  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

    Decision expected by 30 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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Prism Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 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 lawful development applications in a median of 60 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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