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Land North West Of Witton Hall Farm Coach Lane Witton Gilbert DH7 6SU

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/26/01040/PA56 Prior Approval

Relates to DM/25/03376/PNA

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Prior notification under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A for the construction of a farm machinery workshop for maintenance, repair break down and service of farm machinery general storage implements parts and farming tools. Work bench machines etc in relation to DM/25/03376/PNA

As published by the council, reference DM/26/01040/PA56

Application record

Reference
DM/26/01040/PA56
Type
Prior Approval
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
14 Apr 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Ward
Sacriston And Witton Gilbert
Parish
Witton Gilbert
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DH7 6SU

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/25/03376/PNA Granted

    Land North West Of Witton Hall Farm Coach Lane Witton Gilbert DH7 6SU

    Prior notification under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A for the construction of a farm machinery workshop for maintenance, repair break down and service of farm machinery general storage implements parts and farming tools. Work bench machines etc.

    Decided 23 Dec 2025 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Apr 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 9 June 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 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • DM/25/03376/PNA Granted

    Land North West Of Witton Hall Farm Coach Lane Witton Gilbert DH7 6SU

    Prior notification under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A for the construction of a farm machinery workshop for maintenance, repair break down and service of farm machinery general storage implements parts and farming tools. Work bench machines etc.

    Decided 23 Dec 2025 Prior approval

Documents

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

4 documents on file for this application

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What 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 prior approval applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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