Planning application
4 New Street Durham DH1 4DH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use to confirm that the property's established use as a small HMO (Class C4) was in place before the introduction of the Durham City Article 4 Direction (1 September 2016) and has continued lawfully to the present day.
As published by the council, reference DM/25/02846/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/02846/CEU
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 9 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 10 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 4 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
- Postcode
- DH1 4DH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Oct 2025
Received by County Durham
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10 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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4 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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20 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 4 December 2025, 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.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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