Planning application
Woodlands Care Home 28 Market Place Bishop Auckland DL14 7NP
Works: Windows or glazing
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of care home (Class C2) into 13-bedroom HMO (Class Sui Generis) including replacement windows, doors and roof coverings, resurface external hardstanding and general maintenance works for use as staff accommodation for 11Arches, operators of Kynren: The Storied Lands.
As published by the council, reference DM/25/03403/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/03403/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 5 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 3 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Bishop Auckland
- Parish
- Bishop Auckland
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL14 7NP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Dec 2025
Received by County Durham
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3 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 31 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
County Durham took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
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