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Land Between Elm Close And Willington South Dene Hunwick Lane Sunnybrow

DM/14/02574/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 December 2016

Council decision: Finally Disposed OfPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for up to 150 dwellings

Received
27 August 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Willington and Hunwick
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 827 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Between Elm Close And Willington South Dene Hunwick Lane Sunnybrow. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address.

89% of outline 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

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
150
Parish
Greater Willington

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2014
Consultation expiry
9 September 2015
Consultation start
26 August 2015
Consultation end
9 September 2015
Neighbour consultation start
11 February 2015
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2015
Last date for comments
9 September 2015
Target decision date
8 December 2014
Permission expires
13 December 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr John Wyatt 26 Apex Business Village Annitsford Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne And Wear (Met County) NE23 7BF

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 September 2014
Advertisement expiry
9 October 2014
Site notice start
12 September 2014
Site notice end
3 October 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03626093
Documents
304

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Willington DeanPart of the site

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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© 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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