Hammer Square House Hammer Square Bank Beamish Stanley DH9 0RT

1. 26 Aug 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 2 Sep 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 3 Mar 2026

   Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required

4. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

County Durham granted permission on 3 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Beamish Museum Beamish Stanley DH9 0RG

  DM/21/01142/VOC Submitted 31 Mar 2021 300 yards away

  Variation to approved plans of planning approval for 1950s town (DM/16/00142/FPA) : omission of 3 no. single storey elements of terrace of single house and 3 shops and revised layout to recreation ground, including replacement of football pitch, paddling/boating pond and miniature railway with a putting green and for Two storey upland farm house: omission of ramped access to rear, and addition of single storey lean-to porch.

  Granted Amendments Extension 18 docs
  Small domestic

• Beamish Museum Beamish Stanley DH9 0RG

  DM/22/01080/NMA Submitted 11 Apr 2022 300 yards away

  Rotation, relocation and reduction in footprint of the cinema, relocation and amendment in scale/style of shops, additional small outhouses/sheds (to bowling pavilion and behind proposed shops, changes to site layout including relocation of allotments, new public plaza (to south of cinema), relocation of proposed garages and relocation of proposed grass football pitch.

  Granted Amendments 15 docs

• Forgebank Plantation Beamish DH9 0RG

  DM/26/00973/PNA Submitted 17 Apr 2026 300 yards away

  Prior Notification for the creation of an access track for the removal of timber to facilitate Forgebank Plantation.

  Decided Prior approval 5 docs

• Beamish Museum Beamish DH9 0RG

  DM/22/01225/FPA Submitted 25 Apr 2022 450 yards away

  Conversion of existing redundant farm buildings to provide 2 no. holiday units, separate (Georgian Drovers Tavern) bar and kitchen with ancillary service and storage, pottery and stand alone rural beehive kiln

  Granted Full applications 19 docs

• Beamish Museum Beamish Stanley DH9 0RG

  DM/23/03601/TPO Submitted 29 Nov 2023 0.3 miles away

  Install a cobra supporting system to one mature beech tree with weighted limb (TPO - CLS-32)

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• Land At Pele Tower Beamish DH9 0RU

  DM/23/00016/TPO Submitted 4 Jan 2023 0.3 miles away

  Remove hanging limb from Mature Beech Tree (TPO reference CLS-32)

  Refused Trees 6 docs

• DM/26/02340/FPA Awaiting decision

  Unit 8 Esh Winning Industrial Estate Esh Winning Durham DH7 9PT

  Erection of a steel-framed B2/B8 storage building (Retrospective)

  Received 4 Sep, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/02306/FPA Awaiting decision

  6 Victoria Avenue Bishop Auckland DL14 7JH

  Change of use from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse). To include proposed residential accommodation comprising six bedrooms together with shared communal and ancillary spaces.

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/02287/FPA Awaiting decision

  Durham C I U Headquarters Ltd Club Union House Flass Street Durham DH1 4EF

  Change of use of ground floor to Class E (b) for use as restaurant

  Received 1 Sep, published by the council 29 Sep 2026 Full applications
• 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