Planning application
Unit 1 Pickwick Industrial Estate St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9EL
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Residential development of 10no. dwellings with associated infrastructure and landscaping.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00271/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00271/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Received
- 4 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2026
- Ward
- West Auckland
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Committee
- Postcode
- DL14 9EL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Feb 2026
Received by County Durham
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5 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 2 April 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Ergo Projects Ltd Agent, registered in Whickham
Active · incorporated 2010 · Whickham
23 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 94% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
57 documents on file for this application
- COMMITTEE REPORT
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED BOUNDARY TREATMENT & EXTERNAL HARD LANDSCAPING
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED PARKING PLAN
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- SECTION THROUGH PLANTING
- EDUCATION COMMENTS
- FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT WITH RESPONSE TO COMMENTS
- AFFORDABLE HOUSING STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- BOUNDARY TREATMENT & EXTERNAL HARD LANDSCAPING
- PROPOSED PARKING PLAN
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- AFFORDABLE HOUSING STATEMENT
- BAT SCOPING SURVEY AND REPORT
- BOUNDARY TREATMENT & EXTERNAL HARD LANDSCAPING
- SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS AND VISIBILITY SPLAY
- BNG METRIC
- DURHAM CONSTABULARY
- LLFA - SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN
- PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT / PHASE 1 DESK STUDY
- PRESS NOTICE
- 72 MANOR ROAD, ST HELEN AUCKLAND, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 9EP-SUPPORTS-MISS EMILY A
- 4 CROSS STREET, ST HELEN AUCKLAND, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 9EU-NEUTRAL-MR COLIN LEA
- NHS RESPONSE
- SITE NOTICE
- THE COAL AUTHORITY RESPONSE
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
- TECHNICAL NOTE AND ACTIVE TRAVEL AUDIT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN
- SURFACE WATER CALCULATIONS
- MAINTENANCE PROPOSAL
- PROPOSED ROAD SECTION
- FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE ASESSMENT
- STORMBRAKE PERFORMANCE REPORT
- TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
- PROPOSED DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- BOUNDARY TREATMENT & EXTERNAL HARD LANDSCAPING
- PROPOSED PARKING PLAN
- PROPOSED RENDERED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- HT1 (2B3P) - PLANNING SHEET
- HT2 (2B4P) - PLANNING SHEET
- HT3 (3B5P) - PLANNING SHEET
- DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
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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 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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