Planning application
23 - 25 Durham Road Bishop Auckland DL14 7HU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use to children's home for up to 3 children aged between 5 to 17 years
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01461/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01461/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 25 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 23 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Bishop Auckland
- Parish
- Bishop Auckland
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL14 7HU
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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DM/21/01426/TPO Refused
23 - 25 Durham Road Bishop Auckland DL14 7HU
T1 Norway Maple - Fell tree (CCD-32-2012)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jun 2026
Received by County Durham
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25 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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23 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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24 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: DM/14/03273/TPO (Decided)
- Application: DM/18/02170/TPO (Decided)
- Application: DM/21/01426/TPO (Decided)
- Buildingcontrol: BC/26/01871/FP (Pending Consideration)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
- FULL DELEGATED
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- LAYOUT OF LIGHTING AND EMERGENCY LIGHTING
- DURHAM ROAD MANAGEMENT PLAN
- MISSING FROM HOME POLICY
- POLICY COMMENTS
- MANAGEMENT PLAN
- SITE NOTICE
- BISHOP AUCKLAND WARD (CLLR LYNDSEY FOX)
- BISHOP AUCKLAND WARD (CLLR TOM REDMOND)
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PROPOSED CCTV CAMERA LOCATIONS
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- TREE DATA
- ARBORICULTURE TREE SURVEY REPORT
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING & PROPOSED GARAGE FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR FURNITURE PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR FURNITURE PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- APPLICATION FORM
- LOCALITY RISK ASSESSMENT
- MANAGEMENT PLAN
- STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 23 September 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.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on County Durham's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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