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Dunhouse Quarry Staindrop Durham DL2 3QU

DM/14/00305/FPAMineral applicationApproved

Approved on 12 March 2015

Planning committee

Proposal

Phase 4 Extension to Dunhouse Quarry

Received
27 November 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Barnard Castle East
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Mar
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 384 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Dunhouse Quarry Staindrop Durham DL2 3QU. Durham has handled 228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 470 days, 59 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 890 applications in total for the DL2 postcode area.

95% of all 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
DL2 3QU
Application type
Mineral application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Cleatlam

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2014
Consultation expiry
1 April 2014
Consultation start
7 March 2014
Consultation end
28 March 2014
Neighbour consultation start
7 March 2014
Neighbour consultation end
28 March 2014
Last date for comments
1 April 2014
Target decision date
23 May 2014
Committee meeting
3 March 2015
Decision issued
23 March 2015
Permission expires
23 March 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr C Ballam 10 Dobroyd Shepley Huddersfield West Yorkshire HD8 8AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 March 2014
Site notice end
1 April 2014

Additional information

Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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