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Moorland House 7 Westdale View Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4BQ

Refused County Durham DM/25/03408/CEU Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use

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

  1. 5 Dec 2025

    Received by County Durham

  2. 16 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

18 documents on file for this application

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What 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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