8 Larch Avenue Shildon DL4 2BW

1. 1 Dec 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 9 Dec 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 14 Jan 2026

   Decision issued: Refused

4. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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• 4 Larch Avenue Shildon DL4 2BW

  DM/25/02017/FPA Submitted 23 Jul 2025 50 yards away

  Single storey rear extension, new access door within the gable elevation of the original property.

  Granted Full applications Extension 10 docs
  Small domestic

• 9 Cleveland Avenue Shildon DL4 2ND

  DM/25/01775/FPA Submitted 2 Jul 2025 250 yards away

  Dormer bungalow conversion

  Granted Full applications Loft or dormer 13 docs

• 9-16 Fir Tree And 22-28 Maple Avenue Shildon DL4 2AG

  DM/22/01398/NMA Submitted 11 May 2022 250 yards away

  Non Material Amendment to planning approval ref: DM/21/03180/FPA to relocate plots 10 and 11 away from sewer easement

  Granted Amendments 5 docs

• 9-16 Fir Tree And 22-28 Maple Avenue Shildon DL4 2AG

  DM/22/03559/DRC Submitted 30 Nov 2022 250 yards away

  Discharge of Condition 8 (Land Contamination) pursuant to planning approval DM/21/03180/FPA (Amended 20.01.23)

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• Garage 17 Garage Block Magnolia Way Shildon

  DM/21/02067/PND Submitted 8 Jun 2021 300 yards away

  Prior notification for the demolition of garages 1-17 and retention of hardstanding

  Granted Prior approval Demolition 7 docs

• Former Greenfield Community College Sunnydale Campus Middridge Lane Shildon DL4 2EP

  DM/22/03463/PND Submitted 22 Nov 2022 350 yards away

  Demolition of the former Greenfield Community College Sunnydale Campus

  Granted Prior approval Demolition 17 docs

• 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