The Bungalow Walworth School Bluebell Way Newton Aycliffe DL5 7PW
Approved on 7 January 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track
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Proposal
Change of use of bungalow (C3) to wellbeing hub associated with the school (F1) (Amended)
- Received
- 21 October 2025
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Aycliffe North And Middridge
- ReceivedReceived21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated22 Oct
- Consult.Consultation17 Nov
- TargetTarget Date17 Dec
- DecidedDecided7 Jan
Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Bungalow Walworth School Bluebell Way Newton Aycliffe DL5 7PW. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Aycliffe North And Middridge. We hold 132 applications in total for the DL5 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
- DL5 7PW
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Aycliffe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 January 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 3 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
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.
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