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52 Bracken Court Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7NF

DM/25/02640/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Roof conversion to form bedrooms and bathroom

Received
22 September 2025
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Deerness
Agent
Ryder Architects
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 52 Bracken Court Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7NF. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 10 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Deerness. We hold 1,248 applications in total for the DH7 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
DH7 7NF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brandon And Byshottles

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation start
2 December 2025
Consultation end
16 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
31 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2025
Last date for comments
21 November 2025
Target decision date
23 December 2025
Permission expires
28 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ryder Architects
Agent address
The Studio Sylvan Vista Bridge Lane Brancepeth Durham DH7 8DT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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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