Planning applications in DL13
We hold 1,877 planning applications for the DL13 postcode area, 128 of them submitted in the past year. 94% of decided applications here were approved. A decision typically takes 56 days. The area is covered by Durham.
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Recent applications in DL13
Discharge of Condition 5 (Contamination Scheme) pursuant to approval ref DM/25/00678/FPA
Fell 5 conifers
Discharge of Condition 11 (Badger pre-commencement survey) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/23/00486/FPA
Discharge of Condition 11 (Badger pre-commencement survey) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/23/00486/FPA
Discharge of Condition 11 (Badger pre-commencement survey) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/23/00486/FPA
Erection of lunch hut
Convert first garage into garden room, Convert second garage into workshop and store including new door and window openings including new boundary wall
Convert first garage into garden room, Convert second garage into workshop and store including new door and window openings including new boundary wall
Convert first garage into garden room, Convert second garage into workshop and store including new door and window openings including new boundary wall
Erection of lunch hut
General purpose storage building for agricultural and forestry equipment.
General purpose storage building for agricultural and forestry equipment.
General purpose storage building for agricultural and forestry equipment.
Felling of T1 - Lime tree - Section 211 notice
Conversion and extension of existing byre (ruin) with associated works to create a new dwelling.
Conversion and associated alterations of an existing agricultural building to form three dwellings, including change of use from agricultural storage to residential use, together with associated access, parking, private amenity space and secure cycle parking.
Prior Notification under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the conversion of an agricultural building to form 1no. dwelling house (Class C3), fenestration alterations and associated works
Erection of a general purpose agricultural building. Juniper green plastisol roof sheets, Juniper green ventair vertical sheets and self coloured concrete panel lower walls
Prior notification for erection of steel portal frame building of typical agricultural design
Felling of one Horse Chestnut tree - Section 211 notice
Prior approval for a general purpose agricultural building under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the GPDO
Non material amendment to planning approval DM/24/03020/FPA to include additional windows on eastern and western elevations, remove rooflights, increase overall height of main dwelling by 250mm and offshoot to north by 700mm
Single storey rear extension
Discharge of Condition 6 (Broadband Connection) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/03550/FPA
Willow (T1) - remove main stem over road and re-pollard. Silver Birch (T2, T3, T4) - height reduction by approx 4m. Cherry (T5) - prune back from road, reduce and shape by 2m. Ash (T6) - reduce by approx 3m. Beech (T7) - reduce and shape by approx 1m. Rowan (T8) - reduce by approx 3m and shape. - Section 211 notice
Discharge of Condition 18 (Archaeological Reporting) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/23/00486/FPA
Retrospective application for the addition of 8 new conservation roof windows.
Add conservation roof light East elevation
Prior Notification under Class K of Part 17 of Schedule 2 of the GPDO 2015 for exploratory trenching at the Rookhope dump site
Front Street Wearhead Tree Preservation Order 2026
Window and door replacement, re-roofing inc. replacement of bargeboards and soffits and demolition of existing chimney stacks, installation of solar panels to front roof slopes, installation of heat pumps to rear and battery storage/invertor with associated canopy to side
1. Rowan - fell as close to current ground level as practical, 2. Conifer x3 - fell and grind out the bowl of the stumps to 100mm below current ground level and back fill the holes, 3. Purple Plum - crown reduce the height by 3m and the width by 1-2m - Section 211 notice
Proposed pitched roof mounted solar PV panels to existing agricultural building
Erection of detached garage
Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved Plans) and 3 (Windows and Doors) pursuant to planning permission DM/21/03884/FPA to revise window/door positions, alter windows/doors to UPVC, insert a rooflight and alter roof
Tree 1 - Ash - Crown lift to remove the epicormic growth from the main stem and prune back the overhang on the garden side by 2-3m to maintain clearance from property. Tree 2 - Ash - Fell - TPO - WVDC-7-1988
Conversion of a redundant agricultural building into a small retail unit. The proposed works are all internal limited to the ground floor with the external fenestration being unaffected.
Felling of four Sycamore trees - Section 211 notice.
Erection of detached outbuilding to be used as private recording studio
Felling of two Alder trees - Section 211 notice
Erection of 40 dwellings with associated landscaping and drainage works, creation of new bus parking and turning area, and widening of existing access road
Non material amendment of DM/25/02852/VOC relating to additional window to northern elevation to bedroom 3
Agricultural storage unit. Follow up to DM/26/01062/PNA.
Felling of T014 - Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and T017 - Goat willow (Salix caprea) - TPO/404/2025
T1 & T2 Cherry - Undertake pruning works back to previous pruning points. - TPO-CCD-15-2010
Retrospective application for change of use from agricultural land to form compound for farming and rural business use and an additional new building within the new site
T41-common alder-early mature-leaning tree with deadwood hanger over path-remove deadwood hanger over path, T43-common ash-dead standing tree adjacent to footpath-dismantle to ground level - Section 211 notice
T015 - Not identified - Mature - 22m - 136DBH - condition Fair - Minor epicormic growth at base - Pronounced buttressing - Large bifurcate union at 3.5m - Fair Crown Form and Condition - Deadwood in canopy >30mm - Large deadwood Hangar at 7m in eastern canopy - Cankers around canopy - Remove deadwood hangar at 7m Eastern canopy - Remove epicormic Growth at base. T016 - Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) - Mature - 23m - 158DBH - condition Fair - Unidentified fruiting body at base of buttresses - Cavity at 1.5m on western side of trunk - Cankers around trunk - Large bifurcate union at 7m - Lower canopy consisting of epicormic Growth - Very open branching architecture - Large deadwood Hangar at 12m - Deadwood in canopy >30mm - Branch stubs present around canopy - Remove deadwood hangar - Remove deadwood >30mm - Crown Clean T022 - Cappadocian maple (Acer cappadocicum) - Mature - 16m - 72DBH - condition Fair - Girdling root at base - Heavy southern lean - Large bifurcate union at 3m - Hollowing detected in stem between 1-2.5m - Deadwood stubs from previous limb failures present around canopy - Deadwood hangar at 9m - Remove deadwood hangar - Remove deadwood >30mm - Crown Clean Section 211 notice
Discharge of Condition 18 (Final Travel Plan), pursuant to planning permission DM/20/01421/OUT
Listed Building Consent for replacement first floor rear window and internal alterations