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Land West Of Moor House Farm Durham Lane Easington SR8 3UL

DM/23/02009/FPAFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 28 March 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to allow for the siting of 10no. camping pods and up to 10no. touring caravans and the erection of a shower and toilet block (description amended)

Received
7 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Easington And Shotton
Agent
Daniel Armstrong Associates
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target27 Dec
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 513 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land West Of Moor House Farm Durham Lane Easington SR8 3UL. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 630 days, 82 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Easington And Shotton. We hold 155 applications in total for the SR8 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
SR8 3UL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Easington Village

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2023
Consultation expiry
3 February 2025
Consultation start
20 January 2025
Consultation end
3 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
19 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 March 2024
Last date for comments
4 March 2024
Target decision date
27 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Daniel Armstrong Associates
Architect profile
DANIEL ARMSTRONG LIMITED
Agent address
The Corbridge Business Centre Tinklers Bank Corbridge NE45 5SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 November 2023
Site notice end
1 December 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
25/00019/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3365731
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 September 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Failure

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12283842
Documents
81

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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© 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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