Planning application
7 St Godrics Drive West Rainton Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6SZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Garage conversion into a habitable space
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01878/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01878/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 20 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 17 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Lumley And West Rainton
- Parish
- West Rainton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH4 6SZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jul 2026
Received by County Durham
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21 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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17 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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17 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Who's behind it
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Planning by Design Agent, a planning consultancy registered in London
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- FAST TRACK
- COMMENT 1
- SITE NOTICE
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- EXISTING BLOCK PLAN
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
- PROPOSED BLOCK 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 17 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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