Planning application
Units A To D Building 12/E 460 Woodham Road Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6HT
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of vacant industrial unit to day nursery, including change of use (amended red line plan received 24.07.2026).
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00037/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00037/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 7 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 28 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Aycliffe South
- Parish
- Great Aycliffe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL5 6HT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Jan 2026
Received by County Durham
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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28 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 September 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
ASHCOTT International Agent, registered in Cardiff
Dissolved · incorporated 2020 · Cardiff
3 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided full applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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