Planning application
Thames House Beveridge Way Newton Aycliffe DL5 4SB
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
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Proposal
Prior notification under Class MA of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use of first and second floors from offices (Use Class E) to 24 no. apartments (Use Class C3)
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02460/PN56
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02460/PN56
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 15 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 15 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Aycliffe South
- Parish
- Great Aycliffe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL5 4SB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Sep 2026
Received by County Durham
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23 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
AMS Planning, Architecture and Development Consultants Agent, an architecture practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR GIA AMD FIRE STRATEGY
- PROPOSED EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT
- EXISTING EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR
- SITE LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- NUTRIENT NEUTRALITY STATEMENT
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR FIRE STRATEGY
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN GIA AND FIRE STRATEGY
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR FIRE STRATEGY
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR FIRE STRATEGY
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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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