Planning application
St Johns Church Neasham Road Darlington
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Proposal
Listed Building Consent for alterations to internal layout including removal of organ, bells, pews and stud partition walls and installation of mezzanine, balustrades, 2No. staircases, platform lift and glazed screens, together with access ramp to east entrance and other associated alteration works to facilitate change of use of place of worship (use Class F1(f)) to office and co-working space (use Class E).
As published by the council, reference 26/00032/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00032/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 13 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 13 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Bank Top And Lascelles
- Parish
- Darlington Urban Area
Site history
Applications at this address on the Darlington register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00033/FUL Awaiting decision
St Johns Church Neasham Road Darlington
Change of use of former place of worship (use Class F1(f)) to office and co-working space (Use Class E) with alterations to internal layout including installation of mezzanine, balustrades, staircase, platform lift and access ramp to east entrance with other associated alteration works.
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24/00856/LBC Granted
St Johns Church Neasham Road Darlington
Listed Building Consent for internal structural support works within the tower consisting of the installation of a steel roof beam and timber trimmers to underside of tower roof, together with the temporary repositioning of the tenor bell to allow access, installation of temporary internal scaffold and associated emergency temporary repairs
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Jan 2026
Received by Darlington
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Darlington took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Corstorphine & Wright Ltd Agent, registered in Warwick
Active · incorporated 1997 · Warwick
70 applications on PlanIndex · across 35 councils · 98% granted
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40 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Darlington for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Darlington decided heritage and listed building applications in a median of 75 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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St Johns Church Neasham Road Darlington
97% historically approved · decision due ~10 Mar
Change of use of former place of worship (use Class F1(f)) to office and co-working space (Use Class E) with alterations to internal layout including installation of mezzanine, balustrades, staircase, platform lift and access ramp to east entrance with other associated alteration works.
Awaiting decision Full applications 45 docs -
St Johns Church Neasham Road Darlington
Listed Building Consent for internal structural support works within the tower consisting of the installation of a steel roof beam and timber trimmers to underside of tower roof, together with the temporary repositioning of the tenor bell to allow access, installation of temporary internal scaffold and associated emergency temporary repairs
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Awaiting decision Conditions Demolition 8 docsSmall domestic -
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