Planning application
Durham University Teaching And Learning Centre South Road Durham DH1 3LS
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of vacant catering space (Use Class F1 [a]) to a retail unit (Use Class E [a]), including alterations to the elevation to incorporate the installation of an external door and louvres to be used as a customer entrance.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02376/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02376/FPA
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 8 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 9 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Neville's Cross
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH1 3LS
Comment by 6 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to County Durham through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Sep 2026
Received by County Durham
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9 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 November 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 2 OF 2
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS SHEET 1 OF 2
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS SHEET 2 OF 2
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 1 OF 2
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 2 OF 2
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- TRAVEL PLAN
- COVERING LETTER
- PLANNING STATEMENT AND SEQUENTIAL ASSESSMENT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN)
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR SHOWING FIT OUT
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham's median decision took 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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