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Change of use of hotel (use class C1) to childrens nursery (use class E). Internal alterations to buildings to facilitate the changes of use; provision of ancillary amenity area and associated works.

Queens Head Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3BJ

DecidedReference: DM/26/00002/FPADurham County Council

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Application summary

Status
Decided
Application type
Full Planning Application
Received
2 Jan 2026
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Determination deadline
2 Mar 2026
Local authority
Durham County Council

Application overview

Change of use of hotel (use class C1) to childrens nursery (use class E). Internal alterations to buildings to facilitate the changes of use; provision of ancillary amenity area and associated works.

Proposal details

Reference
DM/26/00002/FPA
Alternative references
PP-14577095
Ward
Chester-le-Street North
Parish
No Parish
Agent
Frampton Town Planning Limited

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Application location

Queens Head Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3BJ

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Documents 34 of 34

DocumentPublishedAction
APPROVAL FPA - BNG REQUIREDDecision · PDF7 Oct 2026View
FULL DELEGATEDDelegated Report · PDF7 Oct 2026View
BNG METRICSupporting Information11 Sept 2026View
BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN FORMSupporting Information · PDF11 Sept 2026View
PRE-PLANNING BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLANSupporting Information · PDF11 Sept 2026View
PROPOSED SITE PLANDrawing · PDF11 Sept 2026View
PRE-PLANNING BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLANSupporting Information · PDF11 Mar 2026View
SMALL SITES BNG METRIC (NO MITIGATION)Superseded11 Mar 2026View
SMALL SITES BNG METRIC (WITH MITIGATION)Supporting Information11 Mar 2026View
PROPOSED SITE PLANDrawing · PDF27 Feb 2026View
PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND PRELIMINARY (BAT) ROOST ASSESSMENTSupporting Information · PDF9 Feb 2026View
COMMENT 01Public Comment · PDF6 Feb 2026View
PRESS NOTICEPress Notice · PDF22 Jan 2026View
SITE NOTICESite Notice · PDF20 Jan 2026View
PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND PRELIMINARY (BAT) ROOST ASSESSMENTSupporting Information · PDF14 Jan 2026View
NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LISTNeighbour Notification List · PDF12 Jan 2026View
PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTSupporting Information · PDF2 Jan 2026View
PLANNING, DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENTSupporting Information · PDF2 Jan 2026View
COVER LETTERSupporting Information · PDF2 Jan 2026View
EXISTING SITE PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
EXISTING AND PROPOSED BASEMENT PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
PROPOSED ROOF PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
PROPOSED ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
PROPOSED SITE PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
APPLICATION FORM (REDACTED)Application Form · PDF2 Jan 2026View
EXISTING ROOF PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
EXISTING ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View
LOCATION AND BLOCK PLANDrawing · PDF2 Jan 2026View

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