7 The Shopping Centre Holly Hill Gardens South Stanley Stanley DH9 6PF Data via plota.co.uk

DM/25/02828/FPA - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to mixed use, first floor flat (C3) and ground floor retail shop (E(a)) including the installation of shop front and roller shutter and fenestration alterations to rear (retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:53

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Application progress

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Received

8 Oct 2025

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Validated

4 Dec 2025

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Consultation

4 Dec 2025

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Approved

2 Feb 2026

Approved on 2 Feb 2026 · Fast Track · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 5

Site constraints 5

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

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Local nature reserve 97 m away: South Stanley Woods

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Stanley (County Durham) built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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 £30,000 in September 2007. Terraced house, freehold.

17 September 2007£30,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Durham
Application type: Full Planning Application
Postcode: DH9 6PF
Received: 8 Oct 2025
Validated: 4 Dec 2025
Ward: Stanley
Parish: Stanley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Feb 2026
Decision: Approved BNG Not Required
Decision date: 2 Feb 2026
Decision level: Fast Track
Applicant: Show
Agent: NorthEastArchitecturalPlans

How this decision compares

Decided in 60 days from validation, 4 days slower than Durham's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 95% of full applications here are.

This one60d

Council56d

UK56d

65%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

6%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

27 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14387998
Planning Portal ref: PP-14387998
Neighbours: 4 Dec 2025
Consultation: 4 Dec 2025
Comments by: 31 Dec 2025
Site or press notice: 10 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry: 29 Jan 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved

5 - 6 The Shopping Centre Holly Hill Gardens South Stanley Stanley DH9 6PF

Single storey rear extension to existing shop

DM/24/02567/FPA 30 May 2025

2022 Approved

The Shopping Centre Holly Hill Gardens South Stanley DH9 6PF

Single storey rear extension to six units (Retrospective)

DM/22/00873/FPA 13 May 2022

2017 Approved

Land And Buildings At 1B 2 And 4A The Shopping Centre Holly Hill Gardens South Stanley DH9 6PF

Change of use from 3 Flats (1b, 2 & 4a Hollyhill Gardens) to 4 shops

DM/17/02570/FPA 11 Oct 2017

2016 Approved

58 Lenin Terrace South Stanley Stanley DH9 6PB

Erection of detached garage /outbuilding within rear garden.

DM/16/03607/FPA 4 Jan 2017

Durham

Planning Authority Score

5.2/10

Average

#137 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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.

More permissive than most councils

97% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Durham decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #52 of 296

97%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #29 of 296

59%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #190 of 296

48%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #213 of 296

79%

Minor dwellings approved

95 decided (1-9 homes)

90%

Major dwellings approved

49 decided (10+ homes)

87%

Change of use approved

201 decided

1,706

Total decisions

113 refused in the year to March 2026