16A Ashdown Avenue Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1DD

1. 7 Nov 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 10 Nov 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 16 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required

4. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

• Buildingcontrol: BC/25/02564/FP (Building Work Started)

County Durham granted permission on 16 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.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 12 Belle Vue Terrace Durham DH1 2HR

  4/03/00583/FPA Submitted 19 Jun 2003 100 yards away

  Erection of conservatory and porch to rear of existing dwelling

  Granted Full applications Extension 5 docs
  Small domestic

• 13 Belle Vue Terrace Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 2HR

  DM/21/01604/FPA Submitted 4 May 2021 100 yards away

  Conversion and extension of 13 Belle Vue to form 6No. C3 Apartments

  Withdrawn Full applications New dwelling Extension 15 docs

• 15 Moor Crescent Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1PB

  DM/25/01819/FPA Submitted 7 Jul 2025 100 yards away

  Change of Use from House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) to a flexible use permission as a House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) and a Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) under the provisions of Class V of Part 3 of Schedule 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

  Granted Full applications 12 docs
  Domestic

• 18 Moor Crescent Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1PB

  DM/22/02084/FPA Submitted 18 Jul 2022 100 yards away

  Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4 HMO) including conversion of garage into habitable room, cycle parking and bin storage

  Granted Full applications 113 docs
  Domestic

• 18 Moor Crescent Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1PB

  DM/25/01931/FPA Submitted 15 Jul 2025 100 yards away

  Change of use from a HMO (Use Class C4) to a flexible use permission as a HMO (Use Class C4) and a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) under the provisions of Class V of Part 3 of the GPDO

  Granted Full applications 13 docs
  Domestic

• 4 Marshall Terrace Gilesgate Durham DH1 2HT

  DM/22/03174/CEU Submitted 27 Oct 2022 100 yards away

  Seeking certificate of lawfulness for a C3 Dwelling house to become a C4 use class, due to the property being used as a C4 HMO since pre-article 4 in 2016.

  Granted Lawful development 5 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