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Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/26/00492/PIP

Works: New dwelling Several homes

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Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Residential development comprising 6no. dwellings

As published by the council, reference DM/26/00492/PIP

Application record

Reference
DM/26/00492/PIP
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
2 Mar 2026
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Postcode
DL2 3BQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 8 applications since 2024: 6 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/26/02459/DRC Awaiting decision

    Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

    Discharge of condition 6 (M4(2) compliance report) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/03012/VOC

    Submitted 15 Sep 2026
  • DM/26/01775/DRC Granted

    Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

    Discharge of Condition 9 (external doors and windows) pursuant to planning application DM/24/01494/VOC.

    Decided 28 Jul 2026
  • DM/26/00966/DRC Granted

    Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

    Discharge of conditions 3 (sustainability statement), 4 (windows and doors) and 7 (hedge planting) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/03012/VOC.

    Decided 20 May 2026 Conditions
  • DM/25/03447/DRC Granted

    Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

    Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan condition pursuant to DM/25/03012/VOC

    Decided 8 Jan 2026 Conditions
  • DM/25/03012/VOC Granted

    Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

    Variation of condition 12 (phasing) pursuant to DM/24/01421/FPA for the erection of 5 dwellings

    Decided 27 Nov 2025 Amendments
  • DM/24/01494/VOC Granted

    Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) and Condition 3 (Materials) pursuant to planning permission DM/18/01980/FPA to substitute the house types and changes to the layout

    Decided 24 Sep 2025 Amendments
  • DM/24/01421/FPA Granted

    Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

    Erection of 5no. dwellings and associated works

    Decided 25 Sep 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Mar 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 13 Aug 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 18 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 8 October 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.

What 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's median decision took 58 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on County Durham's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

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