Planning application
1 Woodside Witton Park Bishop Auckland DL14 0DS
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for an existing change of use from a Residential Dwelling (Class C3) to HMO (Class C4)
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01281/CEU
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01281/CEU
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 20 May 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 7 Aug 2026
- Ward
- West Auckland
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL14 0DS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 May 2026
Received by County Durham
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12 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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9 Aug 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 3/1992/0107 (Decided)
- Application: 3/1993/0254 (Decided)
- Application: 3/2006/0593 (Decided)
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9 documents on file for this application
- CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS EXISTING
- REFUSAL CEU
- HMO
- AGENTS EMAIL
- PROOF OF EVIDENCE
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED PLANS CLASS C4 HMO
- EXISTING PLANS
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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 this record
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