Planning application
Land South Of 20 Wood Street Middlestone Moor Spennymoor DL16 7AU
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of a 4 bedroom dwelling (Class C3) and associated parking.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00695/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00695/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Received
- 18 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 27 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Spennymoor
- Parish
- Spennymoor
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL16 7AU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Mar 2026
Received by County Durham
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27 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 May 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 decided full applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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