Ambulance Station Watling Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6RP

1. 27 Aug 2026

   Received by County Durham

2. 28 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 7 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 23 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 57 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.

• School Of Podiatric Medicine Watling Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6RP

  DM/25/02952/AD Submitted 20 Oct 2025 100 yards away

  New signage board to replace existing dilapidated signage. New signage to be installed in existing location.

  Granted Advertising 5 docs

• Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex Woodhouse Lane Bishop Auckland DL14 6JX

  DM/24/02221/DRC Submitted 12 Aug 2024 100 yards away

  Discharge of Condition 12 (Land Contamination Scheme) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/24/01139/VOC

  Granted Conditions 6 docs

• Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex Woodhouse Lane Bishop Auckland DL14 6JX

  DM/23/01885/FPA Submitted 26 Jun 2023 100 yards away

  Demolition of the existing Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex and Library and erection of a replacement Leisure and Community Centre and associated car parking and landscaping (amended description)

  Granted Full applications Demolition 64 docs

• St Marys Presbytery Vart Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6PQ

  DM/25/03008/FPA Submitted 22 Oct 2025 100 yards away

  Demolition of existing porch and construction of new single storey extension

  Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 9 docs
  Small domestic

• Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex Woodhouse Lane Bishop Auckland DL14 6JX

  DM/26/02112/NMA Submitted 12 Aug 2026 150 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~7 Oct

  Non-Material Amendment to planning permission DM/24/01139/VOC to amend details relating to Conditions 3 (Approved Plans), 8 (Foul and Surface Water Drainage), 9 (Soft and Hard Landscaping) and 17 (Car Parking) to: increase the depth and width of the building; amend rooftop plant and balustrades; amend cladding colour and inclusion of louvre at ground level; replace single substation building with two buildings, relocate trees, amend planting and gate positions.

  Awaiting decision Amendments Trees 17 docs

• Land East Of Vart Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6PQ

  DM/25/00166/FPA Submitted 21 Jan 2025 200 yards away

  Convert grass verge open space to bituminous parking bays with PCC kerbs

  Granted Full applications 10 docs

• 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