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13 Sandbach Great Lumley Chester-le-Street DH3 4LL

DM/26/01382/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 14 July 2026

Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredHouseholder (No Objection)3 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single-storey rear extension

Received
1 June 2026
Decision level
Householder (No Objection)
Ward
Lumley And West Rainton
Agent
Candorra Consulting Ltd
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jun
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 13 Sandbach Great Lumley Chester-le-Street DH3 4LL. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. 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 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 4LL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Lumley

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2026
Consultation expiry
25 June 2026
Consultation start
4 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 June 2026
Last date for comments
25 June 2026
Target decision date
28 July 2026
Permission expires
14 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Candorra Consulting Ltd
Architect profile
CANDORRA CONSULTING LIMITED
Agent address
North Westgate House Harlow Essex CM20 1YS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14972424
Documents
10

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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