Planning application
2 Elstob Close Newton Aycliffe DL5 4JQ
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 open amenity space to private domestic garden with erection of associated boundary treatments
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02652/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02652/FPA
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 5 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 22 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Aycliffe South
- Parish
- Great Aycliffe
- Postcode
- DL5 4JQ
Comment by 25 November 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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5 Oct 2026
Received by County Durham
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22 Oct 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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4 Nov 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 17 December 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
17 documents on file for this application
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- FOOTPATH BEHIND 2 ELSTOB CLOSE
- APPLICATION FORM (REDACTED)
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED VISUALS
- FOOTPATH BEHIND 8 BURN LANE
- STATEMENT REGARDING USE OF AMENITY LAND
- NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13 OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION
- EXISTING SITE 1
- EXISTING SITE 2
- PROPOSED AREA
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- BLOCK PLAN
- PLANNING STATEMENT
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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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