Planning application
16 Clarence Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7RA
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use of the property from residential (C3) to a mixed residential and dog grooming parlour (Sui Generis) by converting existing outbuildings.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00735/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00735/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 23 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 20 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 30 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Bishop Auckland
- Parish
- Bishop Auckland
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL14 7RA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Mar 2026
Received by County Durham
-
20 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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30 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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30 Oct 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Decision.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Buildingcontrol: BC/26/00624/IN (Accepted Initial Notice)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- MANAGEMENT PLAN
- 18 CLARENCE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 7RA-OBJECTS-MRS ELIZABETH PEACOCK(FULL)
- SITE NOTICE
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS & SECTION
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS & SECTION
- EXISTING PLANS, ELEVATION AND SECTION
- PROPOSED PLANS AND CONSTRUCTION NOTES
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS AND SECTION
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- EXISTING PLAN
- PROPOSED PLANS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
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Open the documentsWhat 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 this record
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