2 North East Industrial Estate Stephenson Road Peterlee SR8 5AY

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• DM/26/01159/FPA Granted

  2 North East Industrial Estate Stephenson Road Peterlee SR8 5AY

  Change of use from industrial to 6 No padel courts, 1 pickle ball court with associated WC. New access & signage.

  Decided 8 Sep 2026

1. 29 Sep 2026

   Received by County Durham

2. 6 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 24 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.

• DM/26/01159/FPA Granted

  2 North East Industrial Estate Stephenson Road Peterlee SR8 5AY

  Change of use from industrial to 6 No padel courts, 1 pickle ball court with associated WC. New access & signage.

  Decided 8 Sep 2026

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.

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.

• 2 North East Industrial Estate Stephenson Road Peterlee SR8 5AY

  DM/26/01159/FPA Submitted 7 May 2026 50 yards away

  Change of use from industrial to 6 No padel courts, 1 pickle ball court with associated WC. New access & signage.

  Granted 18 docs

• Site Of Former Country Style Foods Ltd Armstrong Road North East Industrial Estate Peterlee SR8 5AJ

  DM/25/02235/FPA Submitted 14 Aug 2025 200 yards away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~10 Oct

  Full planning permission for residential development of 70no. affordable dwellings, open space, and associated landscaping and infrastructure

  Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling 75 docs

• Land To The North Of Lowhills Road And West Of Thorpe Road Little Thorpe

  DM/22/02628/RM Submitted 7 Sep 2022 450 yards away

  Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for 170 dwellings pursuant to planning permission 5/PL/2013/0106

  Withdrawn Reserved matters 61 docs
  Major scheme

• Land To The East Of Highgrove Court Thorpe Road Little Thorpe SR8 3UU

  DM/26/00629/DRC Submitted 12 Mar 2026 0.3 miles away

  Discharge of Condition 3 (Archaeology) pursuant to planning permission DM/15/02401/FPA.

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• Land To The North Of Lowhills Road And West Of Thorpe Road Little Thorpe

  DM/23/02178/DRC Submitted 20 Jul 2023 0.3 miles away

  Discharge of condition/s no's 2,3,4,5,6 and 7 for application DM/20/02896/RM

  Granted Conditions 32 docs

• Land To The North Of Lowhills Road Peterlee

  DM/23/01304/RM Submitted 2 May 2023 0.3 miles away

  Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for 435 dwellings pursuant to planning permission DM/22/02566/VOC (Amended Description January 2026).

  Granted Reserved matters 315 docs
  Major scheme