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Land North Of Darlington Known As Skerningham Garden Village Low Skerningham Lane Darlington

24/00772/FULEFull Application EIA statementAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Hybrid planning application consisting of full planning permission for 450 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) with associated access, parking, landscaping and infrastructure, an area of open space with associated access and drainage infrastructure and outline planning permission (all matters reserved) for retail store (Use Class E) and public house (Use Class Sui Generis) with associated parking, landscaping and infrastructure

Received
6 August 2024
Decision due
14 November 2024
Public comments
149
Ward
Sadberge And Middleton St George
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 14 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (529)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of Darlington Known As Skerningham Garden Village Low Skerningham Lane Darlington. Darlington has handled 73 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 August 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Sadberge And Middleton St George.

94% of outline applications at Darlington Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application EIA statement
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
450
Parish
Barmpton Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2024
Consultation expiry
14 April 2026
Consultation start
24 March 2026
Consultation end
14 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 December 2025
Last date for comments
14 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Lichfields St Nicholas Building (3rd Floor) St Nicholas Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1RF

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
9 January 2026
Site notice start
30 August 2024
Site notice end
20 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13300325
Documents
529
Constraints
121

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Low SkerninghamOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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