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Change of use of vacant Methodist Church (F1) to a single residential dwelling (C3)

Witton Le Wear Methodist Church School Street Witton-le-wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0AS

Pending ConsiderationReference: DM/26/01748/FPADurham County Council

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Application summary

Status
Pending Consideration
Application type
Full Planning Application
Received
7 Jul 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Determination deadline
1 Sept 2026
Local authority
Durham County Council

Application overview

Change of use of vacant Methodist Church (F1) to a single residential dwelling (C3)

Proposal details

Reference
DM/26/01748/FPA
Alternative references
PP-15065656
Ward
Crook
Parish
Witton-le-Wear
Agent
DH Drawings Ltd

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Application location

Witton Le Wear Methodist Church School Street Witton-le-wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0AS

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Documents 34 of 34

DocumentPublishedAction
VELUX CONSERVATION ROOF WINDOW GGLSupporting Information · PDF22 Sept 2026View
VIRIDIAN SOLAR CLEARLINE FUSIONSupporting Information · PDF22 Sept 2026View
EXISTING AND PROPOSED EXTERNAL 3D VIEWSDrawing9 Sept 2026View
PROPOSED NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF9 Sept 2026View
PROPOSED EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF9 Sept 2026View
HERITAGE STATEMENT V3Report · PDF9 Sept 2026View
12 SCHOOL STREETPublic Comment · PDF17 Aug 2026View
SITE NOTICESite Notice · PDF27 Jul 2026View
PLANNING POLICY TEAMConsultee Comment · PDF24 Jul 2026View
PRESS NOTICEPress Notice · PDF23 Jul 2026View
10 SCHOOL STREET, WITTON-LE-WEAR, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 0AS-NEUTRAL-MR ALISTAIR FPublic Comment · PDF21 Jul 2026View
BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY ASSESSMENT V1Report · PDF7 Jul 2026View
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN V1Report · PDF7 Jul 2026View
INTERNAL SPACE STANDARDS ASSESSMENTReport · PDF7 Jul 2026View
POLICY 6 SUPPORTING STATEMENTReport · PDF7 Jul 2026View
YALPAG ASSESSMENT FORMReport · PDF7 Jul 2026View
SUPPORTING PHOTOSPhoto · PDF7 Jul 2026View
YALPAG SUPPORTING STATEMENTReport · PDF7 Jul 2026View
BAT SURVEYReport · PDF7 Jul 2026View
HISTORIC BUILDING RECORDING 1 OF 3Report · PDF7 Jul 2026View
EXISTING LOWER GROUND AND GROUND FLOOR LAYOUTSDrawing · PDF7 Jul 2026View
EXISTING NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF7 Jul 2026View
EXISTING EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF7 Jul 2026View
EXISTING SECTIONSDrawing · PDF7 Jul 2026View
PROPOSED LOWER GROUND FLOOR LAYOUTDrawing · PDF7 Jul 2026View
PROPOSED GROUND AND MEZZANINE FLOOR LAYOUTSDrawing · PDF7 Jul 2026View
PROPOSED SECTIONSDrawing · PDF7 Jul 2026View
EXISTING AND PROPOSED BLOCK PLANDrawing · PDF7 Jul 2026View
PROPOSED ISOMETRIC FLOOR PLANSDrawing · PDF7 Jul 2026View
BNG EXEMPTION STATEMENT V1Report · PDF7 Jul 2026View
APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF7 Jul 2026View
LOCATIONPLANOS Extract · PDF7 Jul 2026View
HISTORIC BUILDING RECORDING 2 OF 3Report · PDF7 Jul 2026View
HISTORIC BUILDING RECORDING 3 OF 3Report · PDF7 Jul 2026View

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