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Land To The North Of Oakenshaw Farmhouse Stockley Lane Oakenshaw DL15 0TG

DM/26/00317/CEUCertificate of Lawfulness Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 2 April 2026

Certificate of Lawfulness Existing

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness application for an existing operation or activity to secure confirmation that planning permission DM/15/02058/FPA has been lawfully implemented with all pre-commencement conditions being discharged and the preparation of foundations commencing on site prior to the expiry date of the application and therefore remains extant

Received
10 February 2026
Decision level
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Ward
Willington And Hunwick
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land To The North Of Oakenshaw Farmhouse Stockley Lane Oakenshaw DL15 0TG. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Willington And Hunwick. We hold 698 applications in total for the DL15 postcode area.

96% of amendment 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
DL15 0TG
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Willington

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 March 2026
Last date for comments
11 March 2026
Target decision date
8 April 2026
Permission expires
2 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Saint Nicholas Building Saint Nicholas Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1RF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 February 2026
Site notice end
11 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14678838
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.

Source: Durham

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