Planning application
81 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AJ
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Subdivision to create 2no. retail units including fenestration/shop front alterations
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00195/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00195/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 26 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 13 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 7 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Chester-le-Street North
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH3 3AJ
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/26/02167/NMA Granted
81 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AJ
Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/26/00195/FPA to allow rentention of existing shopfront to unit 2 and installation of internal staircase to unit 1
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Jan 2026
Received by County Durham
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13 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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DM/26/02167/NMA Granted
81 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AJ
Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/26/00195/FPA to allow rentention of existing shopfront to unit 2 and installation of internal staircase to unit 1
- Application: 2/03/00133/ADV (Decided)
- Application: 2/05/00046/FUL (Decided)
- Application: 2/06/00576/ADV (Decided)
- Application: 2/08/00308/ADV (Decided)
- Application: 2/13/00067/ADV (Decided)
- Application: DM/15/03844/AD (Decided)
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- FAST TRACK
- PRESS NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FRONT ELEVATION
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT
- GYPWALL TWIN FRAME INDEPENDENT
- APPLICATION FORM (REDACTED)
- LOCATION PLAN
- SITE AND BLOCK PLAN
- 3M WINDOW VINYL SPECIFICATION SHEET
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 7 April 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.
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