Planning application
19 Frederick Street South Meadowfield Durham DH7 8LZ
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 an operational seven bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (with a license for 10 tenants (large HMO (Sui Generis)).
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01213/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01213/CEU
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 13 May 2026
- Validated
- 13 May 2026
- Decided
- 8 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Brandon
- Parish
- Brandon And Byshottles
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH7 8LZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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DM/26/01894/FPA Granted
19 Frederick Street South Meadowfield Durham DH7 8LZ
Change of Use from Class C4 (HMO) to Sui Generis (Large HMO)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 May 2026
Received by County Durham
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8 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 4/09/00569/FPA (Decided)
- Application: 4/99/00598/FPA (Decided)
- Application: DM/20/01823/FPA (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- CEU REPORT
- REFUSAL CEU
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- SITE NOTICE
- DOWEN SALE PARTICULARS NOTE 7 LETTABLE ROOMS
- HMO LICENCE FOR 7 - 20.03.2020 - 20.03.2025
- HMO LICENCE FOR 10 - 30.01.2025 - 29.01.2030
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- SITE LOCATION AND BLOCK PLANS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- HM LAND REGISTRY TITLE PLAN
- FIRE ESCAPE PLAN
- COVERING LETTER AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS
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Open the documentsWhat 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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