Vertu Compound Mandale Park Belmont Industrial Estate Durham DH1 1TT Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/01955/FPA - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed temporary showroom & 2no. ancillary accommodation portacabins. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

28 Jul 2026

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Validated

12 Aug 2026

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Consultation

17 Aug 2026

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Approved

1 Oct 2026

Approved on 1 Oct 2026 · Full Delegated · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF FULL DELEGATED Delegated Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF COAL AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 4

Recorded mine shaft 35 m away

Reference 430544-002. Building over or close to a mine entry should be avoided, even once it is capped.

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 ↗

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

Also on the record

Inside the Durham built-up area; 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 6 October 2026. 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.

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DM/26/02599/FPA

Important details

Council: Durham
Application type: Full Planning Application
Postcode: DH1 1TT
Received: 28 Jul 2026
Validated: 12 Aug 2026
Ward: Belmont
Parish: Belmont
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 7 Oct 2026
Decision: Approved BNG Not Required
Decision date: 1 Oct 2026
Decision level: Full Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Dixon Dawson Chartered Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 6 days faster than Durham's median of 56 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 91% of commercial and major works here are.

This one50d

Council56d

UK57d

60%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

10%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

47 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15113523
Planning Portal ref: PP-15113523
Neighbours: 17 Aug 2026
Consultation: 17 Aug 2026
Comments by: 14 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 24 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 7 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

Waldon House 23 Mandale Park Belmont Industrial Estate Durham DH1 1TH

Change of Use from class B2 / B8 to class F 1 (a) Provision of Education. Installation of…

DM/21/02686/FPA 4 Nov 2021

2016 Approved

Philips Components Ltd Philips Components Belmont Industrial Estate Road Durham DH1 1TG

Non-material amendment to planning permission DM/15/00973/VOC for the erection of an elec…

DM/16/00722/NMA 23 Mar 2016

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