Planning application
Hammer Square House Hammer Square Bank Beamish Stanley DH9 0RT
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed detached garage and main house extension including ground and first floor internal reconfiguration
As published by the council, reference DM/25/02352/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/02352/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 26 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Pelton
- Parish
- Urpeth
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH9 0RT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Aug 2025
Received by County Durham
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2 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 28 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
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Nicholson Nairn Architects Agent, an architecture practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
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