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Station Hotel Morton Crescent Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AD

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/26/01633/DRC Details Reserved by Condition

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Proposal

Discharge of Condition 3 (Highways) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/00861/FPA for the construction of two new retail units with associated car parking and access s278 design and Traffic management plan

As published by the council, reference DM/26/01633/DRC

Application record

Reference
DM/26/01633/DRC
Type
Details Reserved by Condition
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
24 Jun 2026
Validated
24 Jun 2026
Ward
Lumley And West Rainton
Parish
Little Lumley
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DH4 6AD

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 9 applications since 2025: 7 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/26/02425/NMA Awaiting decision

    Station Hotel Morton Crescent Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AD

    Non-material amendment to planning permission DM/25/00861/FPA for demolition of existing buildings and construction of two new retail units with associated car parking, landscaping and access. The application seeks amendments to Conditions 5 (Contaminated Land - Phase 4) and 9 (Habitat Completion) of the planning permission.

    Submitted 11 Sep 2026 Amendments
  • DM/26/01617/FPA Granted

    Station Hotel Morton Crescent Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AD

    Installation of 2no rapid electric vehicle charging stations and ancillary equipment within the car park of the planned retail unit development, including one fully accessible EV charging bay

    Decided 20 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • DM/26/01322/AD Granted

    Station Hotel Morton Crescent Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AD

    Installation of 3no. Vinyl, 3no. Pole mounted dibond sign, 1no. Promotional banner and 1no. Gantry

    Decided 20 Jul 2026 Advertising
  • DM/26/01073/FPA Granted

    Station Hotel Morton Crescent Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AD

    Replacement shopfront and installation of external plant and ventilation equipment associated with Use Class E unit

    Decided 24 Jun 2026 Full applications
  • DM/26/01074/AD Granted

    Station Hotel Morton Crescent Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AD

    1no. fascia sign and 1no. projecting sign

    Decided 19 Jun 2026 Advertising
  • DM/26/00779/DRC Granted

    Station Hotel Morton Crescent Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AD

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (Contaminated Land) and 7 (HMMP) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/00861/FPA for the construction of two new retail units with associated car parking and access

    Decided 21 May 2026 Conditions
  • DM/25/03525/AD Granted

    Station Hotel Morton Crescent Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AD

    Propose to install 4 x Fascia & 1x Vinyl

    Decided 10 Feb 2026 Advertising
  • DM/25/00861/FPA Granted

    Station Hotel Morton Crescent Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AD

    Demolition of existing buildings and construction of two new retail units with associated car parking, landscaping and access

    Decided 25 Mar 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Jun 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 19 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    County Durham took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: DM/25/00861/FPA (Decided)

Documents

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

3 documents on file for this application

  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 24 Jun 2026
  • CONSTRUCTION Drawing · 24 Jun 2026
  • 3 PHRASE AND FOOTPATH CLOSURE AND DIVERSION Drawing · 24 Jun 2026

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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