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Plot 2 Land To The North East Of Shotton Lane Shotton Colliery DH6 2RA

DM/23/01701/FPAFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 14 August 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for change of use of land for equestrian use and retention of associated stable building, field shelter, feed store, and hardstanding with fence enclosures and new access (retrospective).

Received
12 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shotton And South Hetton (Historic)
Agent
GHBD Limited
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 428 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Plot 2 Land To The North East Of Shotton Lane Shotton Colliery DH6 2RA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 429 days, 53 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the DH6 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
DH6 2RA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shotton

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2023
Consultation expiry
7 August 2024
Consultation start
17 July 2024
Consultation end
7 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
21 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 July 2023
Last date for comments
12 July 2023
Target decision date
8 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
GHBD Limited
Architect profile
GHBD LTD
Agent address
Office 99 Derwentside Business Centre Consett Business Park Consett DH8 6BP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12211610
Documents
9

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

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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