Planning application
Site Of Valley House (demolished) Valley Street North Darlington DL1 1TJ
Works: Demolition
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 land from office premises (already demolished) (Use Class E) to roofing materials storage yard (Use Class B8) including the erection of demountable warehouse and trade counter unit, construction of 2 No. new vehicle access points, installation of storage containers, boundary treatment including entry/exit gates, lighting and parking provision for 11 No. vehicles and associated works
As published by the council, reference 26/00562/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00562/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 8 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 3 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Northgate
- Parish
- Darlington Urban Area
- Postcode
- DL1 1TJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jun 2026
Received by Darlington
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3 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 August 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 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
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S&L Planning Consultants Agent, a planning consultancy
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
34 documents on file for this application
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