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Land South Of Whitehill Farm Fell Road Pelton Fell

DM/19/01108/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 November 2019

Council decision: Approved subject to S106Planning committee

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Proposal

Residential development of 30no dwellings and associated infrastructure

Received
4 April 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Chester-le-Street West Central
  1. Received4 Apr
  2. Validated21 May
  3. Consult.5 Jul
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 169 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land South Of Whitehill Farm Fell Road Pelton Fell. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 216 days, 23 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
30
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 May 2019
Consultation expiry
5 July 2019
Consultation start
14 June 2019
Consultation end
5 July 2019
Neighbour consultation start
18 July 2019
Neighbour consultation end
13 June 2019
Last date for comments
4 July 2019
Target decision date
20 August 2019
Permission expires
6 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
The St Nicholas Building St Nicholas Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1RF

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 May 2019
Advertisement expiry
20 June 2019
Site notice start
13 June 2019
Site notice end
4 July 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07707351
Documents
109

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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© 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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