Planning application
43 Cheapside Spennymoor DL16 6QF
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Alterations to the shopfront, new advertisements and signage, reinstatement of ATMs, changes to fenestration, and provision of a new external first floor door onto the fire escape.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00810/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00810/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 30 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 31 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 22 May 2026
- Ward
- Tudhoe
- Parish
- Spennymoor
- Decision by
- Fast Track
- Postcode
- DL16 6QF
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/00814/PN56 Granted
43 Cheapside Spennymoor DL16 6QF
Prior notification under Class MA for the change of use of the first floor to 2no. 1 bedroom flats.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Mar 2026
Received by County Durham
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31 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 May 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Glasper Lee Design Ltd Agent, a design practice registered in Bishop Auckland
Active · incorporated 2018 · Bishop Auckland
87 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 97% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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County Durham granted permission on 22 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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