Planning application
Alban House St Albans Street Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4DY
Works: New dwelling Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
(Retrospective) Demolition of 3 storey derelict workshop and erection of new build annex building
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02212/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02212/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 24 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 25 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 21 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Weardale
- Parish
- Tow Law
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL13 4DY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Aug 2026
Received by County Durham
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25 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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21 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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21 Oct 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- SITE NOTICE
- COAL AUTHORITY
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS & SECTION
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECTION
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING & PROPOSED SITE PLANS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS & SECTION
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 21 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 this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on County Durham's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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