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Land At Lowery Lane Humbleburn Lane Edmondsley DH7 6EN

DM/18/01558/WASFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 16 July 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Importation of soils to raise field levels to prevent flooding and stabilise the adjoining highway

Received
21 May 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lanchester
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 1061 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Lowery Lane Humbleburn Lane Edmondsley DH7 6EN. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH7 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
DH7 6EN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burnhope

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2018
Consultation expiry
1 July 2021
Consultation start
10 June 2021
Consultation end
1 July 2021
Neighbour consultation start
4 September 2018
Neighbour consultation end
25 September 2018
Last date for comments
25 September 2018
Target decision date
15 October 2018
Decision issued
19 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
11C Front Street Lanchester DH7 0LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 September 2018
Advertisement expiry
4 October 2018
Site notice start
2 October 2018
Site notice end
23 October 2018

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/00030/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3279784
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 October 2021Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
45

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

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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