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Brackenhill House Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2RA

Refused County Durham DM/26/00360/CEU Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use

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

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Feb 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 16 Feb 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 13 Apr 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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

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Documents

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14 documents on file for this application

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What 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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