The City of Durham Trust has objected to a planning application involving a small house in multiple occupation at 11 Geoffrey Avenue, Durham, with the case still awaiting a decision.
Application DM/26/01850/CEU seeks a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use. The certificate would confirm that the property’s established use as a small HMO, classified as Class C4, began before the Durham City Article 4 Direction came into force on 1 September 2016 and has continued lawfully up to the present.
What the application covers
The application is not described as a proposal to create a new HMO. Instead, it asks Durham’s planning authority to certify an existing use at the property on Geoffrey Avenue.
The City of Durham Trust’s response is recorded as an objection. The application status is listed as pending, meaning no decision is reported on the Trust’s planning-response page.
Consultation and location
The planning record gives the property address as 11 Geoffrey Avenue, Durham, DH1 4PF. It places the application in the City of Durham parish and Neville’s Cross ward.
The application was validated on 21 July 2026. The standard consultation began on 27 July 2026 and is scheduled to expire on 26 August 2026.
Documents are available through the planning portal linked from the Trust’s application entry. The record also includes a submission link labelled 11-Geoffrey-Avenue-2026-Aug-26.
What happens next
The application remains with the planning process while the consultation timetable runs. The source does not state when a final decision will be made, nor does it give the grounds for the Trust’s objection.
Residents seeking the full proposal, supporting documents or the eventual outcome can use the planning-portal link listed in the City of Durham Trust’s entry for application DM/26/01850/CEU.