Planning application
Bat Barn Hole House Farm Lanchester Durham DH7 0SY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use of the property as a Children's Home (Use Class C2) for up to two children aged between 7 and 17 years.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01049/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01049/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 24 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 13 May 2026
- Decided
- 24 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Lanchester And Burnhope
- Parish
- Lanchester
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH7 0SY
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/26/02702/DRC Granted
Bat Barn Hole House Farm Lanchester Durham DH7 0SY
Discharge of conditions 6 (lighting), 7 (CCTV), 8 (Cycle Parking) and 9 (EVCP) pursuant to planning permission DM/26/01049/FPA.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Apr 2026
Received by County Durham
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13 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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24 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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DM/26/02702/DRC Granted
Bat Barn Hole House Farm Lanchester Durham DH7 0SY
Discharge of conditions 6 (lighting), 7 (CCTV), 8 (Cycle Parking) and 9 (EVCP) pursuant to planning permission DM/26/01049/FPA.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
45 documents on file for this application
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- DURHAM POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONERS OFFICE
- COMMITTEE REPORT
- DURHAM CONSTABULARY CRIME PREVENTION UNIT
- LOCATION PLAN
- SITE BLOCK PLAN
- PARKING AND TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN
- MISSING CHILDREN POLICY
- PROPOSED BAT BARN PARKING PLAN
- SITE NOTICE
- LANCHESTER AND BURNHOPE WARD
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- PROPOSED - UPPER GROUND FLOOR PLAN - (BAT BARN)
- BAT BARN - HOLE-HOUSE-LANE-LANCHESTER-DURHAM-DH7-0SY PLAN
- BAT BARN MANAGEMENT PLAN 15.4.2026 V1
- GOOD NEIGHBOUR POLICY 15.4.2026 V1
- MATERIALITY POSITION STATEMENT 15.4.2026 V1
- STATEMENT OF PURPOSE BAT BARN 16.04.2026
- LOCATION RISK ASSESSMENT - BAT BARN 16.04.2026
- PARKING AND TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN 18.4.2026 V2
- HOLE-HOUSE-LANE-LANCHESTER-DURHAM-DH7-0SY - 12500
- PLANNING STATEMENT 1.5.2026
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT 1.5.2026
- COVER LETTER 1.5.2026
- INTERNAL SPACE STANDARDS ASSESSMENT (NDSS COMPLIANCE)
- COVER LETTER
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- BAT BARN - HOLE-HOUSE-LANE-LANCHESTER-DURHAM-DH7-0SY
- HOLE HOUSE LANE LANCHESTER DURHAM DH7 0SY
- INTERNAL SPACE STANDARDS ASSESSMENT
- EXISTING - GROUND FLOOR PLAN - (BAT BARN)
- EXISTING - UPPER GROUND FLOOR PLAN - (BAT BARN)
- PARKING PLAN
- PROPOSED - GROUND FLOOR PLAN - (BAT BARN)
- LOCATION RISK ASSESSMENT
- COVER LETTER 23.4.2026 V1
- MATERIALITY POSITION STATEMENT 15.4.2026 V1
- PARKING AND TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN 18.4.2026 V2
- PLANNING STATEMENT 22.4.2026 V2
- STATEMENT OF PURPOSE BAT BARN 16.04.2026
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN (BAT BARN)
- EXISTING UPPER GROUND FLOOR PLAN (BAT BARN)
- PARKING PLAN
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County Durham granted permission on 24 July 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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