Planning application
Land To The South East Of Unit 2 Howletch Lane Peterlee SR8 2BL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from car park to hand car wash, with associated infrastructure, including kiosk, canopy and perimeter fencing
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01914/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01914/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 23 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 24 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 18 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Peterlee
- Parish
- Peterlee
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SR8 2BL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Jul 2026
Received by County Durham
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24 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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18 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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18 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: DM/23/03820/FPA (Decided)
- Application: DM/25/00661/FPA (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Lichfields Agent, registered in Newbury
Active · incorporated 2006 · Newbury
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- FAST TRACK
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- PROPOSED CAR WASH
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- NORTHUMBRIAN WATER
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED FENCE PLAN
- GA ELEVATIONS - PALISADE FENCE
- GA ELEVATIONS - CANOPY
- GA ELEVATIONS - KIOSK
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- THORN_96635306_DATASHEET (1)
- TOPO SURVEY
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- COVERING LETTER
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 18 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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