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162 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AY

Granted County Durham DM/25/03228/VOC Variation of Condition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission DM/24/01149/FPA.

As published by the council, reference DM/25/03228/VOC

Application record

Reference
DM/25/03228/VOC
Type
Variation of Condition
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
Received
17 Nov 2025
Validated
18 Nov 2025
Decided
23 Jan 2026
Ward
Chester-le-Street North
Parish
No Parish
Decision by
Fast Track
Postcode
DH3 3AY

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/25/02377/DRC Granted

    162 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AY

    Discharge of condition 4 (noise mitigation) and condition 6 (materials) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/01149/FPA.

    Decided 18 Sep 2025 Conditions
  • DM/24/01149/FPA Granted

    162 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AY

    To convert restaurant to mixed use restaurant and takeaway to ground floor and the first floor to 2no. residential apartments. Alterations to shop front and new paving to side (amended)

    Decided 29 Aug 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Received by County Durham

  2. 18 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required

  4. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Lighthouse Architecture Agent, an architecture practice

56 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 91% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

11 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

County Durham granted permission on 23 January 2026, 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 amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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