A health headquarters is to be built on an expanding business park.
About 80 staff from Durham Dales Primary Care Trust will be based at the development on South Church Enterprise Park, near Bishop Auckland.
Bosses at the trust hope the building will be complete by next summer, bringing staff from across Teesdale and Wear Valley to a central base.
At present, they work mainly at Tenters Street and The Butterwick Hospice, in Bishop Auckland.
At a development control meeting last week, councillors at Wear Valley District Council approved plans for the building on Henson Close, which will be a combination of single and two storeys.
The development will include a 52-space car park with landscaping.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article