Planning application
Queens Head Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3BJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of hotel (use class C1) to childrens nursery (use class E). Internal alterations to buildings to facilitate the changes of use; provision of ancillary amenity area and associated works.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00002/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00002/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Required
- Received
- 2 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 5 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 7 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Chester-le-Street North
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH3 3BJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/00003/LB Granted
Queens Head Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3BJ
Change of use of hotel (use class C1) to childrens nursery (use class E). Internal alterations to buildings to facilitate the changes of use; provision of ancillary amenity area and associated works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Jan 2026
Received by County Durham
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5 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Required
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9 Oct 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Decision.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: DM/26/00003/LB (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Frampton Town Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Banbury
Active · incorporated 2005 · Banbury
139 applications on PlanIndex · across 18 councils · 88% granted
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See their track recordBanana Moon Day Nursery Ltd Applicant, registered in Warwick
Active · incorporated 2009 · Warwick
2 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
34 documents on file for this application
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG REQUIRED
- FULL DELEGATED
- BNG METRIC
- BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN FORM
- PRE-PLANNING BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PRE-PLANNING BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN
- SMALL SITES BNG METRIC (NO MITIGATION)
- SMALL SITES BNG METRIC (WITH MITIGATION)
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND PRELIMINARY (BAT) ROOST ASSESSMENT
- COMMENT 01
- PRESS NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND PRELIMINARY (BAT) ROOST ASSESSMENT
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING, DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- COVER LETTER
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED BASEMENT PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- APPLICATION FORM (REDACTED)
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 7 October 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About this record
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