West View House 6 West View West Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9HY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Conversion of existing integral garage into a room, removing garage door and adding bay window Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 24 Apr 2026 · Householder (No Objection) · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 2
Decision & officer reports 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 5
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 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 3
Last sold for £125,000 in September 2015. 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 March 2014, 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
- DL17 9HY
- Received
- 9 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 13 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Bowburn And Coxhoe
- Parish
- Cornforth
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 8 May 2026
- Decision
- Approved BNG Not Required
- Decision date
- 24 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Householder (No Objection)
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- SH Architectural Design
How this decision compares
Decided in 42 days from validation, 12 days faster than Durham's median of 54 for extensions. Approved, as 97% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 16 Mar 2026
- Consultation
- 16 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 6 Apr 2026
- Site or press notice
- 16 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 8 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
4 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.
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