Planning application
Lumley Castle Hotel Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 4NX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of a lightning protection system
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01882/LB
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01882/LB
- Category
- Heritage and listed buildings
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 21 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 1 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Lumley And West Rainton
- Parish
- Little Lumley
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH3 4NX
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/01881/FPA Granted
Lumley Castle Hotel Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 4NX
Installation of a lightning protection system
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jul 2026
Received by County Durham
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11 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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17 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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1 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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1 Oct 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: DM/26/01881/FPA (Pending Consideration)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
- PRESS NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- HISTORIC ENGLAND COMMENT
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS AND LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING PART ELEVATIONS, PLAN AND LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED PART ELEATIONS PLAN AND LOCATION PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PROPOSED ANNOTATIONS AND LOCAL PLAN
- HERITAGE AND PLANNING STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 1 October 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 heritage and listed building applications
Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.
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