Planning application
Middle West Lodge Old Durham Road Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3DS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of dwelling (use class C3) to residential care home for children (use class C2) for up to 2 children with new boundary treatment.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01740/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01740/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 6 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 4 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Sedgefield
- Parish
- Sedgefield
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TS21 3DS
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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4 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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15 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 7/2010/0105/DM
- Application: 7/2012/0375/DM
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Maria Ferguson Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Richmond
Active · incorporated 2014 · Richmond
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- DELEGATED REPORT
- PROPOSED PLANS
- CCTV DATA SHEET
- OUTDOOR LIGHTING SPECIFICATION SHEET
- WILLOW BLOOM MANAGEMENT PLAN
- DURHAM CONSTABULARY
- CHILDREN AND ADULT SERVICES
- GREYSTONES OLD DURHAM ROAD SEDGEFIELD-OBJECTS-MR JOHN WRIGHT(FULL)
- GREYSTONES OLD DURHAM ROAD SEDGEFIELD-OBJECTS-MISS LYNSEY HYMER(FULL)
- SITE NOTICE
- INFORMATION REGARDING PROCEDURE FOR CHILDREN WHO GO MISSING
- STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
- WILLOW BLOOM MANAGEMENT PLAN
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- SEDGEFIELD WARD (CLLR IAN CATCHPOLE)
- SITE LOCATION PLAN 1:1250
- EXISTING PLANS
- PROPOSED PLANS
- APPLICATION FORM (NO PERSONAL DATA)
- COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY FORM
- COVERING LETTER INCLUDING SUPPORTING INFORMATION
- WILLOW BROOM MANAGEMENT PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 4 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
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