Olive Lodge Station Lane Pelton Fell Chester-le-Street DH2 2RL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Certificate of proposed use of a dwelling house (Class C3) as a Children's Home (Class C2) occupied by a maximum of 3 children (under 18 years of age), living together where care is provided for them on a rota basis, including sleeping overnight Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 16 Jan 2026 · Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Documents 21
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 17
Site constraints 5
Checked on 7 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £605,000 in July 2025. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Durham
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
- Postcode
- DH2 2RL
- Received
- 17 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 18 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Pelton
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 16 Jan 2026
- Decision level
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Prism Planning Ltd
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 59 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 25% of lawful development certificates here are.
Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 7 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14494648
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14494648
- Consultation
- 20 Nov 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 13 Jan 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Durham ranks #190 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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