Planning application
18 St Nicholas Drive Durham DH1 4HH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use from Residential Dwelling (Class C3) into a House of Multiple Occupation (Class C4).
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01482/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01482/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 10 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 11 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 5 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Neville's Cross
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH1 4HH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Jun 2026
Received by County Durham
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11 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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5 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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6 Aug 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending Consideration.
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9 Aug 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Decision.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 4/07/01123/FPA (Decided)
- Application: 4/10/00575/FPA (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
SH Architectural Design Agent, an architecture practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
35 documents on file for this application
- FULL DELEGATED
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- 17 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE, DURHAM DH1 4HH-OBJECTS-MS PENELOPE WILSON(FULL)
- 11 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MR GEOFF NOWELL(FULL)
- 10 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE
- 5 ST. NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MR JIMMY SMITH(FULL)
- 5 SAINT NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MS NICKY SAWICKI(FULL)
- 15 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-NEUTRAL-MRS CLARE STONES(FULL)
- 14 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MRS DAWN STONES(FULL)
- 20 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MRS SUE SEVERS(FULL)
- 8 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MRS PAULINE KENTRIDGE (FULL)
- 3 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE, DURHAM DH1 4HH-OBJECTS-MR DAVID HOWARTH(FULL)
- 2 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MR PHIL STENSON(FULL)
- MR PAUL CLARK
- 6 SAINT NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MR PETER MASON(FULL)
- 18 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MS PENELOPE WILSON(FULL)
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- EMAIL FROM AGENT RE: AMENDED PLAN
- 10 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM DH1 4HH
- 7 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM DH1 4HH
- EMAIL FROM AGENT RE: AMENDED PLAN
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- SITE NOTICE
- MR PAUL CLARK
- 4 ST. NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MR JOHN ROBSON(FULL)
- 19 ST NICHOLAS DRIVE DURHAM-OBJECTS-MR ALASTAIR KNAPPER(FULL)
- HMO DATA
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- STUD WALL DATA SHEET
- ASSURED SHORTHOLD TENANCY AGREEMENT SAMPLE CONTRACT
- SITE BLOCK PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 5 August 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
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