22 Moorlands Road Darlington DL3 9JR

26/00381/LULawful Use CertificateAwaiting decision

Outline / PiP

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as a 4 bed HMO (Use Class C4) from a single residential dwelling (Use Class C3)

Received: 15 April 2026
Decision due: 6 June 2026
Council: Darlington Borough Council
Ward: Pierremont

ReceivedReceived15 Apr
ValidatedValidated15 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date6 Jun
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an outline application at 22 Moorlands Road Darlington DL3 9JR. Darlington has handled 73 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Pierremont. We hold 387 applications in total for the DL3 postcode area.

94% of outline applications at Darlington Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: DL3 9JR
Application type: Lawful Use Certificate
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14858990
Comments: 0
Documents: 15
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Darlington

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