Planning application
3 Briarwood Street Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use for a summer house to be built in the rear garden to be used as a home hair salon.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00594/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00594/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 9 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 16 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 11 May 2026
- Ward
- Lumley And West Rainton
- Parish
- Little Lumley
- Decision by
- Fast Track
- Postcode
- DH4 6AZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Mar 2026
Received by County Durham
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16 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 May 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
12 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 11 May 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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