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Morrison Busty Depot Morrison Industrial Estate Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7XW

DM/20/02986/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 16 March 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Solar farm and thermal upgrade for existing buildings

Received
14 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Craghead And South Moor (Historic)
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 152 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Morrison Busty Depot Morrison Industrial Estate Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7XW. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 14 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the DH9 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
DH9 7XW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Stanley

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2020
Consultation expiry
11 February 2021
Consultation start
21 January 2021
Consultation end
11 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start
20 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
10 November 2020
Last date for comments
25 November 2020
Target decision date
14 January 2021
Permission expires
16 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Howarth Litchfield
Architect profile
HOWARTH LITCHFIELD PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Agent address
Liddon House Belmont Business Park Durham DH1 1TW

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 October 2020
Advertisement expiry
19 November 2020
Site notice start
4 November 2020
Site notice end
25 November 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09116483
Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Local nature reserve: Chapman'S WellPart 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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