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6 West Avenue Chester Moor Chester-le-street DH2 3RS

Refused County Durham DM/26/00965/CPO Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera

Works: Extension Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Single-storey rear extension

As published by the council, reference DM/26/00965/CPO

Application record

Reference
DM/26/00965/CPO
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
13 Apr 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Decided
9 Jun 2026
Ward
Chester-le-Street South
Parish
No Parish
Decision by
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Postcode
DH2 3RS

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • DM/26/01590/FPA Granted

    6 West Avenue Chester Moor Chester-le-street DH2 3RS

    Single storey extension to west elevation

    Decided 11 Aug 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Apr 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

5 documents on file for this application

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What 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 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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