Planning application
Moorland House 7 Westdale View Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4BQ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Development for the siting of a mobile home for use ancillary to the main dwellinghouse and the mobile home meets the definition of a caravan as set out in the Caravan Sites Act 1968
As published by the council, reference DM/25/03408/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/03408/CEU
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 5 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 16 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 10 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Weardale
- Parish
- Tow Law
- Decision by
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
- Postcode
- DL13 4BQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Dec 2025
Received by County Durham
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16 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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20 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
County Durham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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