11 & 12 Sunderland Bridge Durham DH6 5HB Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/02155/CPO - Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera Approved
Change of useNew homes

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Use to merge C3 dwellings at no.11 and no.12 Sunderland Bridge into 1no. dwellinghouse. No external alterations proposed Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Aug 2026
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Validated
18 Aug 2026
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Consultation
26 Aug 2026
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Approved
15 Oct 2026

Approved on 15 Oct 2026 · Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF CPO REPORT Delegated Report · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF SUPPORTING STATEMENT Supporting Information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVERING LETTER INCLUDING SUPPORTING INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSED WORKS Supporting Information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Sunderland Bridge conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Registered park or garden 14 m away: Croxdale Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m; Heritage at risk 14 m away: Croxdale Hall; Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Green belt 14 m away: Tyne and Wear; Inside the Croxdale built-up area; Open access land 36 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument 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.

Building

Floor area119 m² (1,281 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (39 out of 100), could reach C
PropertySemi-detached house, 4 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2026, 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
DH6 5HB
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
Bowburn And Coxhoe
Parish
Croxdale And Hett
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
15 Oct 2026
Decision level
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Applicant
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Agent
DH Drawings Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 58 days from validation, about the council's usual 58 days. Approved, as 84% of changes of use here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 17 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15163889
Planning Portal ref
PP-15163889
Consultation
26 Aug 2026
Comments by
27 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

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Durham
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#137 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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.