Planning application
39 Sunderland Road Gilesgate Durham DH1 2LG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of the existing first floor flat from residential to office use for the existing veterinary business at ground floor level. Existing bedrooms would be used as offices and the kitchen and living space would be used for staff purposes.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00535/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00535/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 4 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 5 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 29 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Full Delegated
- Postcode
- DH1 2LG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Mar 2026
Received by County Durham
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5 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 29 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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