Planning application
Lanchester Dairies Upper Houses Farm Yeckhouse Lane Lanchester Durham DH7 0RL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/01097/FPA Granted
Lanchester Dairies Upper Houses Farm Yeckhouse Lane Lanchester Durham DH7 0RL
Proposed electrical substation
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DM/26/00149/FPA Granted
Lanchester Dairies Upper Houses Farm Yeckhouse Lane Lanchester Durham DH7 0RL
Single storey electrical switchroom
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2025
Received by County Durham
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4 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 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Prism Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy
69 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 87% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 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 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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Lanchester Dairies Upper Houses Farm Yeckhouse Lane Lanchester Durham DH7 0RL
Single storey electrical switchroom
Granted Full applications 24 docsSmall domestic -
Lanchester Dairies Upper Houses Farm Yeckhouse Lane Lanchester Durham DH7 0RL
Proposed electrical substation
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