Planning application
1 The Old Hospital Bankdam Farm Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3LX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of one and a half storey detached garage with one bedroom annex to first floor and relocation of access road to side of new garage and associated works.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00825/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00825/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 31 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Thornley And Wheatley Hill
- Parish
- Thornley
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH6 3LX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Mar 2026
Received by County Durham
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17 Jun 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 12 August 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Emerald Architects Agent, an architecture practice registered in Esh Winning
Active · incorporated 2014 · Esh Winning
25 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils · 95% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- COMMENT 02
- PROPOSED SITE LOCATION, PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- REVISIONS TO PROPOSAL
- COMMENT 01
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- SITE NOTICE
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- BNG METRIC
- PROPOSED SITE LOCATION PLAN, PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- APPLICATIONS FORM
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
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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 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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