Mill Cottage Wallnook Lane Langley Park Durham DH7 9TP Data via plota.co.uk

DM/25/02687/FPA - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

First floor rear extension, additional porch to side elevation, remodelling of the existing porch to the front elevation and alterations to the existing rear fenestration. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 13:44

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Application progress

✓

Received

26 Sept 2025

✓

Validated

8 Oct 2025

✓

Consultation

20 Oct 2025

✓

Approved

22 Jan 2026

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Appeal dismissed

28 Apr 2026

Approved on 22 Jan 2026 · Fast Track · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF FAST TRACK Delegated Report · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF BAT SURVEY REPORT Supporting Information · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 8

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.

Coal mining risk assessments ↗

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

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

Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence 2 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Inside the Langley Park built-up area; Priority habitat 20 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 10 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 £560,000 in October 2024. Detached house, freehold.

25 October 2024£560,000

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

Building

Floor area199 m² (2,142 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (65 out of 100), could reach A

PropertyDetached house, 7 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsGranite or whinstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2023, 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: Full Planning Application
Postcode: DH7 9TP
Received: 26 Sept 2025
Validated: 8 Oct 2025
Ward: Langley And Esh
Parish: Esh
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Jan 2026
Decision: Approved BNG Not Required
Decision date: 22 Jan 2026
Decision level: Fast Track
Appeal: Dismissed · 28 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6003397 ↗
Applicant: Show
Agent: Reed Architecture Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 106 days from validation, 50 days slower than Durham's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 95% of full applications here are.

This one106d

Council56d

UK56d

57%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

8%go to committee

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

Public comments

1comment received

1 supporting

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14135231
Planning Portal ref: PP-14135231
Neighbours: 20 Oct 2025
Consultation: 20 Oct 2025
Comments by: 13 Nov 2025
Site or press notice: 23 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry: 3 Dec 2025
Env. assessment: No

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

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

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.