59 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7EW
Approved on 14 January 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from shop to use of the premises to hot food takeaway (Class Sui Generis)(ground and first floors) and associated works
- Received
- 7 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Bishop Auckland
- ReceivedReceived7 Jul
- ValidatedValidated5 Sep
- Consult.Consultation1 Jan
- TargetTarget Date31 Oct
- DecidedDecided14 Jan
Decided in 131 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 59 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7EW. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 191 days, 19 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Auckland conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Bishop Auckland. We hold 448 applications in total for the DL14 postcode area.
95% of full applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DL14 7EW
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishop Auckland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 1 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 1 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 16 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 14 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Myplansdrawn
- Agent address
- Highfield 11 Meadowcroft Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5HN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 25 September 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 25 September 2025
- Site notice end
- 16 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14143102
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bishop Auckland
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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Source: Durham
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