Willowvale Mains Park Road Chester-le-Street DH3 3PU
Approved on 24 April 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Loft conversion including dormer windows to the front and rear, conversion of garage and porch to the front elevation
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Chester-le-Street North
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated27 Feb
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided24 Apr
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at Willowvale Mains Park Road Chester-le-Street DH3 3PU. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer 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 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 3PU
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 24 April 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
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.
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