Unit 11 Hurworth Road Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6UD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of Use from an engineering unit to a pet crematorium and installation of ancillary flue. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 7 Jul 2026 · Waste Full Delegated · Last checked 3 Aug 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 1
Consultation & comments 3
Other documents 1
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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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Important details
- Council
- Durham
- Application type
- Waste application
- Postcode
- DL5 6UD
- Received
- 24 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 21 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Aycliffe South
- Parish
- Great Aycliffe
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Approved BNG Not Required
- Decision date
- 7 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Waste Full Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Forget Me Not Pet Crematorium Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 77 days from validation, 20 days slower than Durham's median of 57 for changes of use. Approved, as 86% of changes of use here are.
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.
36 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14728724
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14728724
- Neighbours
- 23 Apr 2026
- Consultation
- 10 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 24 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 7 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 21 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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.
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