Planning application
3A Commercial Street Willington Crook DL15 0AD
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
This application seeks a Certificate of Lawfulness under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the use of a container as a self-contained dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)
As published by the council, reference DM/25/02415/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/02415/CEU
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 1 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 28 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Willington And Hunwick
- Parish
- Greater Willington
- Decision by
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
- Postcode
- DL15 0AD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Sep 2025
Received by County Durham
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2 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Refused
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13 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, registered in Birmingham
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
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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