Planning application
85 Gilesgate Durham DH1 1HY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness to establish that works undertaken on site is a meaningful implementation of planning permission DM/23/00814/FPA, which was granted on 23 June 2023.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00738/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00738/CEU
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 23 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 24 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 19 May 2026
- Ward
- Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
- Postcode
- DH1 1HY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Mar 2026
Received by County Durham
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24 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 May 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 19 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.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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