1 - 4 Old Well Place Evenwood DL14 9FJ

1. 3 Oct 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 10 Nov 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. 13 Aug 2026

   Status changed to Pending Consideration

   Previously Pending Decision.

5. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 5 January 2026, 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.

This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided full applications in a median of 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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• Land To The East Of 25 Neville Close Evenwood DL14 9SQ

  DM/21/00967/OUT Submitted 17 Mar 2021 50 yards away

  4 dwellings (OUTLINE ALL MATTERS RESERVED)

  Granted Outline 16 docs
  Several homes

• 2 Raby Street Evenwood Bishop Auckland DL14 9QG

  DM/21/00931/FPA Submitted 18 Mar 2021 200 yards away

  Change of use of ground floor living room/kitchen and first floor from residential to retail Class E(a)

  Granted Full applications 7 docs

• Kays Hall Farm The Green Evenwood DL14 9QR

  DM/23/01723/RM Submitted 13 Jun 2023 200 yards away

  Reserved matters application (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of 38 no. dwellings, hard and soft landscaping, drainage and associated infrastructure pursuant to planning consent DM/18/02313/OUT

  Granted Reserved matters 231 docs
  Major scheme

• The Premier Store 10 Manor Street Evenwood Bishop Auckland DL14 9QB

  DM/21/04178/VOC Submitted 14 Dec 2021 200 yards away

  Variation of condition 1 (amended shopfront) and removal of condition 5 (materials to match) pursuant to application ref: DM/20/03566/FPA

  Granted Amendments Windows or glazing 24 docs

• The Premier Store 10 Manor Street Evenwood Bishop Auckland DL14 9QB

  DM/21/04180/AD Submitted 14 Dec 2021 200 yards away

  Display of external advertisements (retrospective)

  Granted Advertising 13 docs

• 5 South View Evenwood Bishop Auckland DL14 9QS

  DM/23/00827/FPA Submitted 23 Mar 2023 350 yards away

  Change the use from a funeral directors/chapel of rest to residential use to amalgamate with existing residential accommodation on site to form one 5 bed dwelling.

  Granted Full applications 12 docs
  Domestic

• 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