Planning application
39 Medomsley Road Consett DH8 5HE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from commercial premises (Use Class F2) to a mixed-use cocktail bar, events venue and daytime hospitality space (Use Class Sui Generis), including associated internal refurbishment works (Mon-Thur and Sun 09:00-00:00, Fri-Sat and Bank Hol 09:00-01:00)
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01880/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01880/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 21 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 16 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Consett North
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH8 5HE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jul 2026
Received by County Durham
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22 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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15 Sep 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending Consideration.
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16 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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16 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Decision.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 1/2012/0227/84473 (Decided)
- Application: 1/2013/0494/87301 (Decided)
- Application: DM/16/03161/FPA (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
25 documents on file for this application
- FULL DELEGATED
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- 29 MEDOMSLEY ROAD - SUPPORT
- NOISE AND OPERATION STATEMENT
- EXTERNAL LIGHTING STATEMENT
- FOOD AND ODOUR CLARIFICATION NOTE
- NOISE MANAGEMENT PLAN
- PALO
- COMMENT 2 - OBJECTION
- THE FOUNTAIN - REPRESENTATION
- COMMENT 1 - OBJECTION
- SITE NOTICE
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- PLANNING SUPPORTING STATEMENT
- LAND CONTAMINATION SCREENING STATEMENT
- ODOUR AND EXTRACTION STATEMENT
- YALPAG SCREENING ASSESSMENT FORM
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN AS EXISTING & PROPOSED
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN AS EXISTING & PROPOSED
- ELEVATIONS AS PROPOSED
- ELEVATIONS AS EXISTING
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- NOISE AND OPERATION STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 16 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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