Planning application
9 Post Office Street Witton-le-wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0AW
Works: Extension Loft or dormer Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Solar panels, roof lights and single storey rear extension to dwelling with detached garden room.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01727/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01727/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 6 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Crook
- Parish
- Witton-le-Wear
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL14 0AW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jul 2026
Received by County Durham
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7 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 1 September 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Harkin Associates Agent, registered in Surtees Business Park
Liquidation · incorporated 2017 · Surtees Business Park
8 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 full applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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