Having overcome her own struggles, Emily Pearson is hoping to help companies help their workers.
The proposals by Grace Jardine are for three properties at Hole House Farm, near Lanchester.
Lanchester Medical Centre is no longer in special measure but faces more criticism from inspectors.
The authority says the homes planned rural location is too far from essential services.
Developers want to plant 600,000 trees near Lanchester as part of a timber forest and holiday park.
Top tips and PE kits greet the latest soaring temperatures across north-east England and Cumbria.
Councillors defer a decision about the development of lodges at the Greencroft Estate in Lanchester.
Ahead of a decision, Durham County Council's planners say the project would "harm" the landscape.
Residents of the Durham village bemoan a Planning Inspectorate decision to allow a huge solar farm.
