Planning application
8 East Mount Road Darlington DL1 1JY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use - as a 5 bed, 5 person HMO (Use Class C4) from a single residential dwelling (Use Class C3)
As published by the council, reference 26/00517/PLU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00517/PLU
- Type
- Proposed Lawful Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT
- Received
- 29 May 2026
- Validated
- 4 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 22 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Northgate
- Parish
- Darlington Urban Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- DL1 1JY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 May 2026
Received by Darlington
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4 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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22 Jul 2026
Decision issued: PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Darlington granted permission on 22 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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