DM/25/02880/PN56

1. 10 Oct 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 20 Oct 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 17 Nov 2025

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required

4. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

• DM/25/02859/FPA Granted

  25 Glebe Villas Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9HT

  Replacement and extension of existing bay window, erection of 1.3m close-boarded timber boundary fencing to the front (part-retrospective)

  10 Oct 2025 135m away Full applications
• DM/25/02365/HPN Awaiting decision

  12 Sycamore Road Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9ER

  The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.5m, for which the maximum height would be 3.6m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.8m

  26 Aug 2025 158m away Prior approval
• DM/26/00597/FPA Granted

  West View House 6 West View West Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9HY

  Conversion of existing integral garage into a room, removing garage door and adding bay window

  9 Mar 2026 174m away Full applications
• DM/26/01538/FPA Awaiting decision

  3 Village Farm The Green Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9HL

  Replace timber windows to the front with whitewood UPVC windows, and construction of new porch to the front elevation

  12 Jun 2026 186m away Full applications
• DM/26/01083/FPA Awaiting decision

  55 The Green Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9JH

  Single story rear extension

  28 Apr 2026 227m away Full applications
• DM/26/00554/TCA Granted

  Holy Trinity Church The Green Cornforth

  Works to trees as outlined within the 'Arboricultral Statement' submitted 5th March 2026

  5 Mar 2026 251m away Trees

• DM/26/01806/PNA Awaiting decision

  Milestone House Bowes Barnard Castle DL12 9JN

  Prior notification under Class A, Part 6, Schedule 2 of the GPDO 2015 (as amended) for a lean to extension to side of an existing agricultural building.

  14 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/01101/PN56 Granted

  Littletown Farm Littletown Durham DH6 1AJ

  Prior notification under Part 3 Class R for the change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible use.

  30 Apr 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/01781/PA56 Awaiting decision

  Land To The South East Of Tweddle House Fillpoke Lane Blackhall Rocks TS27 4BT

  Prior Approval application for the erection of 1 no. agricultural storage building pursuant to DM/26/01487/PNA

  8 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/01769/PND Awaiting decision

  Fyndoune Community College Findon Hill Sacriston Durham DH7 6LU

  Proposed Demolition and Asbestos removal

  8 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/01533/PNA Granted

  Hillingdon Marwood Barnard Castle DL12 8SA

  Prior Notification under Class A of Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for erection of 2 no. agricultural buildings to house livestock

  12 Jun 2026 Prior approval