Lakeside House Kitswell Road Lanchester Durham DH7 0RE

1. 5 Jan 2026

   Received by County Durham

2. 14 Jan 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. 19 Sep 2026

   Status changed to Pending Decision

   Previously Pending Consideration.

5. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 11 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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• Land Opposite Farmhouse Meadow View House Kitswell Road Lanchester DH7 0RE

  DM/25/00996/DRC Submitted 9 Apr 2025 250 yards away

  100% historically approved · decision due ~4 Jun

  Discharge of Condition 4 pursuant to planning permission DM/22/00474/FPA Condition 4 - Intrusive site investigation report

  Awaiting decision Conditions 1 doc

• Land Opposite Farmhouse Meadow View House Kitswell Road Lanchester DH7 0RE

  DM/24/02840/DRC Submitted 17 Oct 2024 250 yards away

  Discharge of conditions 3 (Ecology) and 4 (Contamination) pursuant to planning approval DM/22/00474/FPA

  Split decision Conditions 3 docs

• Land Opposite Farmhouse Meadow View House Kitswell Road Lanchester DH7 0RE

  DM/22/00474/FPA Submitted 17 Feb 2022 250 yards away

  Conversion of existing barn to 1no. dwellinghouse

  Granted Full applications 19 docs
  Domestic

• 10 Elmfield Lanchester Durham DH7 0JN

  DM/26/00977/FPA Submitted 17 Apr 2026 0.3 miles away

  Single storey side extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 10 docs
  Small domestic

• 92 Alderside Crescent Lanchester Durham DH7 0PZ

  DM/21/02515/FPA Submitted 13 Jul 2021 0.3 miles away

  Proposed garage conversion and internal alterations. Change of flat roof to former garage to pitched tiled roof. Rendering of front, side and rear elevations at ground floor.

  Granted Full applications 6 docs

• 22 Ridgeway Lanchester Durham DH7 0PT

  DM/21/02046/FPA Submitted 7 Jun 2021 0.3 miles away

  Erection of single garage

  Granted Full applications 5 docs

• DM/26/02340/FPA Awaiting decision

  Unit 8 Esh Winning Industrial Estate Esh Winning Durham DH7 9PT

  Erection of a steel-framed B2/B8 storage building (Retrospective)

  Received 4 Sep, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/02306/FPA Awaiting decision

  6 Victoria Avenue Bishop Auckland DL14 7JH

  Change of use from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse). To include proposed residential accommodation comprising six bedrooms together with shared communal and ancillary spaces.

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/02287/FPA Awaiting decision

  Durham C I U Headquarters Ltd Club Union House Flass Street Durham DH1 4EF

  Change of use of ground floor to Class E (b) for use as restaurant

  Received 1 Sep, published by the council 29 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01157/FPA Granted

  24 Birkdale Gardens Belmont Durham DH1 2UJ

  First floor side extension

  Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01154/FPA Granted

  2 Mill Court Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6DJ

  Two-storey side and rear extensions with decking

  Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications