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Amazon Distrubution Centre Building One Symmetry Park Morton Park Way Darlington DL1 4BF

25/01357/CONDischarge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Operational Management Plan) attached to planning permission 25/00348/FUL dated 15 Oct 2025 (Construction of fenced compound to contain drone launch and landing pads, ancillary office area, storage, and ancillary structures, weather station and fenced airlock. Associated reconfiguration of bus drop-off area)

Received
10 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Sadberge And Middleton St George
Agent
Firstplan Ltd
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target31 Jan
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 5 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Amazon Distrubution Centre Building One Symmetry Park Morton Park Way Darlington DL1 4BF. Darlington has handled 75 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 5 weeks quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Sadberge And Middleton St George. We hold 333 applications in total for the DL1 postcode area.

100% of conditions 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

Postcode
DL1 4BF
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Burdon Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Consultation expiry
1 January 2026
Consultation start
11 December 2025
Consultation end
1 January 2026
Last date for comments
1 January 2026
Target decision date
31 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Firstplan Ltd
Agent address
Firstplan Ltd Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14554927
Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/01385/CON
  2. 2025
    10 Dec

    Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Operational Management Plan) attached to planning permission…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01357/CON

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