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19 Quarry Houses Westerton Bishop Auckland DL14 8AJ

DM/26/02694/FPAAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a children's home for up to two children (Use Class C2), with associated staff office and sleep-in accommodation in the existing outbuilding, parking and outdoor amenity areas.

Received
7 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 26 October 2026
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at 19 Quarry Houses Westerton Bishop Auckland DL14 8AJ. Durham has handled 18,377 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 448 applications in total for the DL14 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
DL14 8AJ

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2026
Consultation end
30 October 2026

Additional information

Documents
11

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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