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7 St Godrics Drive West Rainton Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6SZ

DM/26/01878/FPAApproved

Approved on 17 September 2026

Council decision: Approved BNG Not Required5 conditions

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

Proposal

Garage conversion into a habitable space

Received
20 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 October 2026
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 58 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 7 St Godrics Drive West Rainton Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6SZ. Durham has handled 18,377 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 167 applications in total for the DH4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
DH4 6SZ

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2026
Consultation end
14 August 2026
Target decision date
18 September 2026

Additional information

Documents
12

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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