Castle Chambers 21 - 23 Market Place Barnard Castle DL12 8NE
Proposal
Conversion of existing office building into 3 apartments and 1 dwelling house
- Received
- 10 September 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 10 October 2026
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedSubmitted10 Sep
- ValidatedValidated10 Sep
- Consult.Consultation22 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application at Castle Chambers 21 - 23 Market Place Barnard Castle DL12 8NE. Durham has handled 17,928 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. It was submitted on 10 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Barnard Castle conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 838 applications in total for the DL12 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Durham
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Associated applications
- 202610 Sep
Conversion of existing office building into 3 apartments and 1 dwelling house
This applicationPendingApplicationDM/26/00936/FPA - 202610 Sep
Conversion of existing office building into 3 apartments and 1 dwelling house and associated internal works
PendingListed building consentFiled alongsideDM/26/00937/LB
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Barnard Castle
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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.
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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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A listed building is on or next to this site.
- 14.6 miDarlingtonRTPI
- 22.1 miBedaleRTPI
- 27.4 miMiddlesbroughRTPI
Nearest first, within 50 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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