PLANS to pull down a former care home which shut in 2010 and put 25 houses on the site have been approved.
North Star Housing Group has secured planning permission to demolish the boarded-up East Green House Care Home, in West Auckland, to make way for the development of affordable rental properties.
It will build eight bungalows and 17 two-storey houses, with two or three bedrooms.
Planning officer Amy Williamson told Durham County Council's area planning committee (south and west) the scheme would bring a number of benefits to the village including reuse of a brownfield site and extra affordable rented housing.
Members approved the application unanimously.
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