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Land To The West Of Valley Road Pelton Fell DH2 2NN

DM/18/00379/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 12 August 2019

Council decision: Approved subject to S106Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Residential development of 165 dwellings with associated infrastructure and landscaping.

Received
31 January 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Chester-le-Street West Central
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated1 Feb
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 557 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land To The West Of Valley Road Pelton Fell DH2 2NN. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 558 days, 72 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 26 other applications at this address. We hold 1,689 applications in total for the DH2 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
DH2 2NN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
165
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 February 2018
Consultation expiry
31 October 2018
Consultation start
17 October 2018
Consultation end
31 October 2018
Neighbour consultation start
29 April 2019
Neighbour consultation end
28 February 2018
Last date for comments
15 March 2018
Target decision date
3 May 2018
Committee meeting
3 April 2018
Permission expires
12 August 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 February 2018
Advertisement expiry
8 March 2018
Site notice start
22 February 2018
Site notice end
15 March 2018

Additional information

Documents
154

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Local nature reserve: Cong Burn WoodPart of the site
  • 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national 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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Planning history at this site

18 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    11 Dec

    Non-material amendment to DM/22/03294/RM

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDM/25/03446/NMA
  2. 2025
    15 May

    Non material amendment to condition 2(approved plans) of DM/22/03294/RM

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDM/25/01285/NMA
  3. 2025
    30 Jan

    Non material amendment to condition 2 (materials) of planning permission DM/22/03294/RM

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDM/25/00254/NMA
  4. 2024
    12 Dec

    Removal of condition 4 of Application Reference Number DM/19/003114/VOC

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/24/03359/VOC
  5. 2024
    12 Dec

    Removal of Condition 9 (highway improvement works) pursuant to planning permission DM/21/02849/OUT

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/24/03360/VOC
  6. 2024
    9 Oct

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 8 of planning permission ref:DM/22/03294/RM

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/24/02760/DRC

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