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Owl Barn Hole House Farm Lanchester Durham DH7 0SY

DM/26/01168/FPAFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full

Proposal

Use of property as Childrens Home (Use Class C2) for up to two children aged between 7 and 17 years.

Received
8 May 2026
Decision due
7 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lanchester And Burnhope
  1. Received8 May
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at Owl Barn Hole House Farm Lanchester Durham DH7 0SY. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Lanchester And Burnhope. We hold 1,248 applications in total for the DH7 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
DH7 0SY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lanchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2026
Consultation expiry
8 June 2026
Consultation start
18 May 2026
Consultation end
8 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
8 June 2026
Last date for comments
8 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 May 2026
Site notice end
5 June 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14910651
Documents
24

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Sep

    Discharge of conditions 6 (lighting), 7 (CCTV), 8 (Cycle Parking) and 9 (EVCP) pursuant to planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/26/02456/DRC
  2. 2026
    8 May

    Use of property as Childrens Home (Use Class C2) for up to two children aged between 7 and 17 years.

    This applicationPendingFullDM/26/01168/FPA

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