20 Arthur Street Darlington DL3 6SX
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use - for the use of an HMO (Class C4) as a children's home (Class C2) occupied by a maximum of two children (aged under 18 years old) and up to four carers (one or two sleeping overnight) working on a rota basis
- Received
- 7 August 2026
- Decided
- 12 October 2026 · Approved
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 12 October 2026
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Aug
- ValidatedValidated7 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 66 days
This is a planning application at 20 Arthur Street Darlington DL3 6SX. Darlington has handled 1,259 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 41 days. This one was decided in 66 days, 4 weeks longer than Darlington's median. The site is in the Stockton & Darlington Railway: Northgate conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 351 applications in total for the DL3 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Stockton & Darlington Railway: Northgate
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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