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21 Young Street Gilesgate Durham DH1 2JU

Refused County Durham DM/26/01072/CEU Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for use of the property as a House in Multiple Occupation (Use class C4).

As published by the council, reference DM/26/01072/CEU

Application record

Reference
DM/26/01072/CEU
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
23 Apr 2026
Validated
24 Apr 2026
Decided
6 Aug 2026
Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate And Shincliffe
Parish
No Parish
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DH1 2JU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Apr 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 24 Apr 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 6 Aug 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: 4/04/01275/FPA (Decided)

Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

  • REFUSAL CEU Decision · 06 Aug 2026
  • DELEGATED REPORT Delegated Report · 05 Aug 2026
  • THE CITY OF DURHAM TRUST Public Comment · 22 May 2026
  • SITE NOTICE Site Notice · 07 May 2026
  • NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST Neighbour Notification List · 05 May 2026
  • APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 23 Apr 2026
  • SITE LOCATION PLAN OS Extract · 23 Apr 2026

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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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