Planning application
7 Newgate And Church Cottage Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Creation of internal ground and first floor doorway openings between 7 Newgate and Church Cottage in association with the change of use of Church Cottage from a short term residential holiday let to commercial office use (Class E) in association with the existing accountancy practice (7 Newgate).
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02264/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02264/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 27 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 27 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 20 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Barnard Castle
- Parish
- Barnard Castle
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL12 8NQ
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/26/02265/LB Granted
7 Newgate And Church Cottage Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NQ
Creation of internal ground and first floor doorway openings between 7 Newgate and Church Cottage, in association with change of use of Church Cottage to commercial office (Class E) in association with existing accountancy practice (7 Newgate)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Aug 2026
Received by County Durham
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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20 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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21 Oct 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: DM/26/02265/LB (Pending Consideration)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- PLANNING AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- SITE PLAN - LOCATION
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 20 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
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