Planning application
Brackenhill House Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2RA
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Development under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to confirm that the planning permission for six detached dwellings at Brackenhill House, Shotton Colliery, Durham DH6 2RA (outline reference CE/13/00862/OUT, appeal ref APP/X1355/W/15/3022942, reserved matters ref DM/18/02928/RM, and discharge of conditions ref DRC/18/00054) was lawfully commenced and remains extant.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00360/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00360/CEU
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 13 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 16 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 13 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Easington And Shotton
- Parish
- Shotton
- Decision by
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
- Postcode
- DH6 2RA
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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DM/26/01773/CPO Awaiting decision
Brackenhill House Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2RA
Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed detached single-storey domestic private garage within residential curtilage of host dwelling
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DM/25/01634/FPA Awaiting decision
Brackenhill House Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2RA
Detached garage and storage unit with solar panels
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Feb 2026
Received by County Durham
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16 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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13 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Appeal: DM/26/00360/CEU (Appeal In Progress)
- Application: 5/PL/2012/0202 (Decided)
- Application: CE/13/00862/OUT (Decided)
- Application: DM/18/02928/RM (Decided)
- Application: DM/25/01634/FPA (Pending Decision)
- Application: DRC/18/00054 (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Carter Smith Planning Consultants Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Morpeth
Active · incorporated 2026 · Morpeth
107 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 62% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- APPEAL QUESTIONNAIRE
- APPEAL STATEMENT
- APPEAL FORM
- DELEGATED REPORT
- REFUSAL CEU
- COMMENT 1
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- LANDSCAPE LAYOUT & PLANTING PLAN
- DECISION NOTICE FOR APP/X1355/W/15/3022942
- DECISION NOTICE FOR CE/13/00862/OUT
- APPEAL DECISION FOR CE/13/00862/OUT
- PHOTOS
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- WOODLAND MANAGEMENT PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
County Durham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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