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Jubilee House 26 Middleton Road Shildon DL4 1NN

DM/25/02589/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to children's home comprising 3no. 2 bed flats each for 1 child aged up to 18 years, and associated alterations

Received
17 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shildon And Dene Valley
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Jubilee House 26 Middleton Road Shildon DL4 1NN. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Shildon And Dene Valley. We hold 43 applications in total for the DL4 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
DL4 1NN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shildon

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2025
Consultation expiry
27 November 2025
Consultation start
13 November 2025
Consultation end
27 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 October 2025
Last date for comments
27 October 2025
Target decision date
13 November 2025
Permission expires
18 December 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 October 2025
Site notice end
27 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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