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High Hedley Hope Farm, East Hedley Hope, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL13 4PR

8/CMA/1/67Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 14 November 2012

Planning committee

Proposal

Anaerobic digestion plant (incorporating a farm slurry management system) and associated combined heat and power plant.

Received
12 June 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 154 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at High Hedley Hope Farm, East Hedley Hope, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL13 4PR. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 14 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DL13 4PR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hedleyhope

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2012
Consultation expiry
29 October 2012
Consultation start
10 August 2012
Target decision date
8 August 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 October 2012
Advertisement expiry
29 October 2012

Additional information

Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    15 Aug

    Discharge of conditions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of planning permission APP/X1355/A/12/2188741

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions8/1/2013/08/DRC
  2. 2012
    11 Dec

    Request for scoping opinion, town & country planning (environmental impact assessment) (england & wales)…

    ConditionsScoping Opinion1/2012/0629
  3. 2008
    11 Aug

    Extension to existing agricultural building to house livestock

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/2008/0569/65769
  4. 2008
    21 Feb

    Erection of cattle shed and creation of silage pit

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/2008/0119/64022
  5. 2004
    12 Aug

    Four wind turbines, control room and associated access roads

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/2004/0763/19792
  6. 2004
    7 May

    Agricultural determination for erection of agricultural building (28 day determination)

    ApprovedPrior Notification Agriculture1/2004/0434/19134

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