Rose Hall Lydia Street Willington Crook DL15 0AE

1. 24 Jul 2026

   Received by County Durham

2. 10 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 15 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 5 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   County Durham took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided full applications in a median of 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 3A Commercial Street Willington Crook DL15 0AD

  DM/25/02415/CEU Submitted 1 Sep 2025 100 yards away

  This application seeks a Certificate of Lawfulness under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the use of a container as a self-contained dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

  Refused Lawful development 23 docs
  Domestic

• 13 Dunelm Avenue Willington Crook DL15 0AW

  DM/26/00893/FPA Submitted 7 Apr 2026 100 yards away

  Single detached garage

  Granted Full applications 11 docs

• Advertising Right 10 Albion Place Willington DL15 0EH

  DM/26/02226/AD Submitted 25 Aug 2026 150 yards away

  Replacement of existing advertisement display with D48 digital advertisement display.

  Refused 10 docs

• 27 Railway Terrace Willington Crook DL15 0EJ

  DM/21/02772/FPA Submitted 3 Aug 2021 250 yards away

  Single storey extension and alteration to dormer window (north east elevation)

  Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 7 docs
  Small domestic

• 18 Bainbridge Avenue Willington Crook DL15 0AZ

  DM/26/00586/FPA Submitted 9 Mar 2026 250 yards away

  Demolition of existing outbuilding and replacement with a rear extension, removal and rebuilding of the brick boundary wall, and replacement of the kitchen window with patio doors. (partly retrospective)

  Granted Full applications Extension Demolition +1 8 docs
  Small domestic

• Site Of Former Willington Health Centre Chapel Street Willington DL15 0EQ

  DM/21/01106/RM Submitted 29 Mar 2021 250 yards away

  Approval of all reserved matters and discharge of conditions 4 (noise assessment) and 7 (tree protection) of planning permission DM/20/01113/OUT for 7 no. dwellings

  Granted Reserved matters Trees 25 docs
  Several homes

• DM/26/02340/FPA Awaiting decision

  Unit 8 Esh Winning Industrial Estate Esh Winning Durham DH7 9PT

  Erection of a steel-framed B2/B8 storage building (Retrospective)

  Received 4 Sep, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/02306/FPA Awaiting decision

  6 Victoria Avenue Bishop Auckland DL14 7JH

  Change of use from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse). To include proposed residential accommodation comprising six bedrooms together with shared communal and ancillary spaces.

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/02287/FPA Awaiting decision

  Durham C I U Headquarters Ltd Club Union House Flass Street Durham DH1 4EF

  Change of use of ground floor to Class E (b) for use as restaurant

  Received 1 Sep, published by the council 29 Sep 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01157/FPA Granted

  24 Birkdale Gardens Belmont Durham DH1 2UJ

  First floor side extension

  Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01154/FPA Granted

  2 Mill Court Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6DJ

  Two-storey side and rear extensions with decking

  Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications