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High Croft Farm Leasingthorne Lane Kirk Merrington Spennymoor DL16 7JW

DM/24/02046/DRCDetails Reserved by ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 December 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 3 (Contaminated Land) 5 (Landscaping Scheme) 7 (Biodiversity Net Gain) 8 (Foul and Surface Water Drainage) and 9 (Walling and Roofing Materials) pursuant of planning permission DM/22/02797/FPA allowed on appeal (Ref No: APP/X1355/W/23/3331579)

Received
26 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ferryhill
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 143 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at High Croft Farm Leasingthorne Lane Kirk Merrington Spennymoor DL16 7JW. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 146 days, 13 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 163 applications in total for the DL16 postcode area.

100% of conditions 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
DL16 7JW
Application type
Details Reserved by Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Spennymoor

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2024
Consultation expiry
25 November 2024
Consultation start
11 November 2024
Consultation end
25 November 2024
Target decision date
23 September 2024
Decision issued
20 December 2024
Permission expires
20 December 2029

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13277662
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, 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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