Applegarth New Road Crook DL15 8NB
Refused on 20 November 2025
Planning committee
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Proposal
Change of use from residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to children's home (Use Class C2) for up to 2 Children aged 7-17 years, including demolition of existing garage, enlarged parking area and associated internal and external alterations.
- Received
- 5 September 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Crook
- Agent
- RPN Planning Limited
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Sep
- Consult.Consultation5 Nov
- TargetTarget Date3 Nov
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Applegarth New Road Crook DL15 8NB. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Crook. We hold 698 applications in total for the DL15 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
- DL15 8NB
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 22 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 5 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 3 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 November 2025
- Decision issued
- 21 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RPN Planning Limited
- Agent address
- 14 Northolme Road Church Fields New Hartley Whitley Bay Northumberland NE25 0GG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 September 2025
- Site notice end
- 3 October 2025
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14309289
- Documents
- 52
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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Aug
Discharge of conditions 5 (boundary treatment), 6 (EV Charging) ,7 (cycle storage), 8 (CCTV) and 9 (lighting)…
PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/01956/DRC - 202615 May
Discharge of conditions 3 and 4 of appeal decision 6002307 relating to landscaping and tree protection…
PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/01248/DRC
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