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PHG Car Sales Parkhead Road New Coundon Bishop Auckland DL14 8QE

DM/25/02968/ADAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 4 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Externally illuminated fascia sign with steel lettering to east elevation

Received
21 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shildon And Dene Valley
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at PHG Car Sales Parkhead Road New Coundon Bishop Auckland DL14 8QE. Durham has handled 487 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker 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 447 applications in total for the DL14 postcode area.

97% of advertising 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 8QE
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2025
Consultation expiry
1 December 2025
Consultation start
28 October 2025
Consultation end
18 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 November 2025
Last date for comments
1 December 2025
Target decision date
16 December 2025
Decision issued
5 December 2025
Permission expires
5 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Harper Signs
Agent address
Station Industrail Estate Harvey Combe Camperdown Newcastle Upon Tyne NE12 6QQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 November 2025
Site notice end
1 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14427570
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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