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15 Ellesmere Bournmoor Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6EA

DM/26/00619/CEUCertificate of Lawfulness Existing UseAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of the land as residential and the stationing of a caravan to provide additional accommodation to the main dwelling.

Received
11 March 2026
Decision due
6 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lumley And West Rainton
Agent
Planning House
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 6 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 15 Ellesmere Bournmoor Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6EA. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Lumley And West Rainton. We hold 167 applications in total for the DH4 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
DH4 6EA
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bournmoor

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
6 April 2026
Consultation start
16 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 April 2026
Last date for comments
6 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning House
Agent address
24 Briardene Way Peterlee SR8 3NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14772741
Documents
6

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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