Dunelm Garage Darlington Road Durham DH1 4PE
Approved on 5 February 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Shopfront alterations and installation of external plant equipment to north elevation consisting of 2 no extraction grills and AC condenser
- Received
- 5 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Neville's Cross
- Agent
- JMS Planning & Development Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Sep
- Consult.Consultation4 Dec
- TargetTarget Date3 Nov
- DecidedDecided5 Feb
Decided in 150 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Dunelm Garage Darlington Road Durham DH1 4PE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 14 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Neville's Cross. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH1 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
- DH1 4PE
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 20 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 4 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 8 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 5 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- JMS Planning & Development Ltd
- Agent address
- Build Studios 203 Westminster Bridge Road Lambeth London SE1 7FR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 17 September 2025
- Site notice end
- 8 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14291174
- Documents
- 28
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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