DM/25/03590/PN56

1. 24 Dec 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 7 Jan 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 3 Mar 2026

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required

4. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

• DM/22/03704/DRC Granted

  Site Of Former Elddis Business Park Finchale Road Framwellgate Moor DH1 5HE

  Discharge of Condition 22 (noise validation assessment) pursuant to DM/21/02002/VOC in relation to Unit 3 (Aldi)

  14 Dec 2022 29m away Conditions
• DM/25/02148/FPA Awaiting decision

  North Durham Retail Park Pit Lane Newton Hall DH1 5ST

  Provision of a substation, charger pillar and associated bollards together with the extension of hardstanding to provide a PAS accessible EV charging bay and access to the substation to support a scheme for 6 no. electric vehicle charging spaces

  5 Aug 2025 49m away Full applications
• DM/26/00468/TEL Granted

  Telecommunications Mast Abbey Road Industrial Estate Pity Me DH1 5HB

  Installation of lattice mast with 3no. antennas fixed to a headframe up to a maximum height of 25.4m (amended description).

  26 Feb 2026 99m away Telecoms
• DM/26/00422/HPN Granted

  85 Raby Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5NQ

  Single storey rear extension measuring 4.3m in projection, overall height of 3.6m and height to the eaves of 2.4m

  19 Feb 2026 226m away Prior approval
• DM/22/02747/FPA Granted

  74 Hutton Way Framwellgate Moor Durham DH1 5BW

  Front porch extension

  20 Sep 2022 246m away Full applications
• DM/26/01571/AD Awaiting decision

  Armstrong House 6 Abbeywoods Business Park Pity Me Durham DH1 5GH

  New building signage to front elevation of building

  17 Jun 2026 311m away Advertising

• DM/26/01806/PNA Awaiting decision

  Milestone House Bowes Barnard Castle DL12 9JN

  Prior notification under Class A, Part 6, Schedule 2 of the GPDO 2015 (as amended) for a lean to extension to side of an existing agricultural building.

  14 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/01101/PN56 Granted

  Littletown Farm Littletown Durham DH6 1AJ

  Prior notification under Part 3 Class R for the change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible use.

  30 Apr 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/01781/PA56 Awaiting decision

  Land To The South East Of Tweddle House Fillpoke Lane Blackhall Rocks TS27 4BT

  Prior Approval application for the erection of 1 no. agricultural storage building pursuant to DM/26/01487/PNA

  8 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/01769/PND Awaiting decision

  Fyndoune Community College Findon Hill Sacriston Durham DH7 6LU

  Proposed Demolition and Asbestos removal

  8 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/01533/PNA Granted

  Hillingdon Marwood Barnard Castle DL12 8SA

  Prior Notification under Class A of Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for erection of 2 no. agricultural buildings to house livestock

  12 Jun 2026 Prior approval