Planning application
Turn Park Head Station Road Chester-le-street DH3 3DY
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Ground floor commercial unit to be converted into two, one-bedroom apartments. No external changes outside of necessary repair works.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02843/PN56
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02843/PN56
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 23 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 23 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Chester-le-Street North
- Parish
- No Parish
- Postcode
- DH3 3DY
Comment by 24 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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23 Oct 2026
Received by County Durham
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3 Nov 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Blake Hopkinson Architecture & Design Ltd Agent, an architecture practice
8 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- PROPOSED BUILDING PLAN & ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING BUILDING PLANS & ELEVATIONS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- SUPPORTING IMPACT STATEMENT
- EXISTING SITE PLAN - TOPO SURVEY
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
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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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