Planning application
Durham View Whitesmocks Durham DH1 4LL
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of original integral double garage to habitable accommodation, construction of detached double garage with office and shower/wc above with associated works plus felling and removal of Holly, Lawson Cypress, Sycamore stem and mixed shrub planting
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02397/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02397/FPA
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 9 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 10 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Neville's Cross
- Parish
- City Of Durham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH1 4LL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Sep 2026
Received by County Durham
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10 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT & METHOD STATEMENT EXISTING TREES SHOWN ON EXIS
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT & METHOD STATEMENT TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT & METHOD STATEMENT FOR TREES
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- DWELLING - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 2 OF 2
- DWELLING - PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- GARAGE - PROPOSED SECTION A
- GARAGE - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 1 OF 2
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS SHEET 2 OF 2
- GARAGE - PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS SHEET 1 OF 2
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- DWELLING - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 1 OF 2
- FRONT BOUNDARY ELEVATIONS
- GARAGE - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHEET 2 OF 2
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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 58 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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