Planning application
Weather Hill House Brancepeth Crook DL15 9AS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use to confirm the property's established use as a Residential Dwelling (C3)
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00879/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00879/CEU
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 7 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 7 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 23 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Willington And Hunwick
- Parish
- Brancepeth
- Decision by
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
- Postcode
- DL15 9AS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Apr 2026
Received by County Durham
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23 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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20 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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D Wilson Planning and Consultancy Services Agent, a planning consultancy
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 23 June 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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