West Lodge Nursing Home Peases West Billy Row Crook DL15 9SY

1. 11 Sep 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 19 Sep 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 14 November 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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• West Lodge Care Homes Ltd 18 Peases West Billy Row Crook County Durham DL15 9SY

  3/2003/0552 Submitted 18 Jul 2003 50 yards away

  Extension to west lodge

  Granted Full applications Extension

• 3 The Old School Billy Row Green Billy Row Crook DL15 9SZ

  DM/26/00352/TPO Submitted 12 Feb 2026 50 yards away

  Re-pollarding of three Lime trees - TPO-CWUDC-3-1974

  Refused Trees 7 docs

• Land To The South West Of West Lodge, 18A Peases West Billy Row DL15 9SY

  DM/25/03576/FPA Submitted 22 Dec 2025 100 yards away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~11 Mar

  Proposed detached house and garage

  Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling 30 docs

• Land Opposite 2 To 7 Albert Terrace Billy Row DL15 9SU

  DM/24/02559/FPA Submitted 19 Jul 2024 100 yards away

  Installation of pedestrian footpath to War Memorial

  Granted Full applications 10 docs

• 6 Low Albert Terrace Billy Row Crook DL15 9SX

  DM/21/03051/HPN Submitted 31 Aug 2021 100 yards away

  Prior notification for a single storey rear extension measuring 3.01m in length and 2.9m in overall height

  Granted Prior approval Extension 11 docs
  Small domestic

• 3 The Old School Billy Row Crook DL15 9SZ

  DM/26/01566/TPO Submitted 16 Jun 2026 150 yards away

  T1,T2 and T3, remove all stem epicormic growth to a vertical height above ground level of 5m. This removal of epicormic growth is to be placed on a 3 yearly cycle. Remove any dead, damaged, crossing and rubbing branches from the crown of T1,T2,T3. - Lime trees TPO-CWUDC-3-1974

  Granted 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