3 Briarwood Street Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use for a summer house to be built in the rear garden to be used as a home hair salon. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 11 May 2026 · Fast Track · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 2
Other documents 4
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 £37,500 in November 2019. Other property, 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 April 2019, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Durham
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- DH4 6AZ
- Received
- 9 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Lumley And West Rainton
- Parish
- Little Lumley
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 11 May 2026
- Decision
- Approved BNG Not Required
- Decision date
- 11 May 2026
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Applicant
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Approved, as 86% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14764119
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14764119
- Neighbours
- 17 Mar 2026
- Consultation
- 17 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 16 Apr 2026
- Site or press notice
- 26 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 11 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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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