81 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AJ
Approved on 7 April 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track2 conditions
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Proposal
Subdivision to create 2no. retail units including fenestration/shop front alterations
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Chester-le-Street North
- Agent
- HLN Ltd
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Feb
- Consult.Consultation9 Apr
- TargetTarget Date10 Apr
- DecidedDecided7 Apr
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 81 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AJ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Chester-le-Street conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Chester-le-Street North. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 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
- DH3 3AJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 7 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- HLN Ltd
- Architect profile
- HLN LTD
- Agent address
- 21 Neptune Court Vanguard Way Cardiff CF24 5PJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 24 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 17 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14651673
- Documents
- 19
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chester-le-Street
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
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Associated applications
- 202618 Aug
Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/26/00195/FPA
PendingNon-material amendmentAmendmentDM/26/02167/NMA - 202626 Jan
Subdivision to create 2no. retail units including fenestration/shop front alterations
This applicationApprovedFullDM/26/00195/FPA
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