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Site Of Former Greyhound Track Front Street Merrington Lane Spennymoor DL16 7RS

DM/25/00807/VOCVariation of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 June 2025

Fast Track

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 12 (means of enclosure) and 29 (attenuation measures) to allow omission of proposed substation, adjusted position of plots 18-19, amendment to House type 1 to show cantilever canopy and feature panel,, handed plots 6, 14, and 37. Retaining wall adjacent to plots 49-51 amended, substitution of trellis fencing for close-boarded and submission of attenuation measures as well as removal of conditions 27 (substation details) and 33 (highway management and maintenance plan) which are no longer considered relevant of planning approval DM/23/01358/FPA

Received
21 March 2025
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Tudhoe (Historic)
Agent
P+HS Architects
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Site Of Former Greyhound Track Front Street Merrington Lane Spennymoor DL16 7RS. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications 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 7RS
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Spennymoor

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2025
Consultation expiry
24 April 2025
Consultation start
9 April 2025
Consultation end
23 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
9 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 April 2025
Last date for comments
24 April 2025
Target decision date
23 June 2025
Permission expires
18 June 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
P+HS Architects
Architect profile
P+HS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
P+HS Architects The Old Station Station Road Stokesley TS9 7AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 April 2025
Advertisement expiry
24 April 2025
Site notice start
28 March 2025
Site notice end
18 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13878080
Documents
20

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    12 Jun

    Non material amendment to amend the wording of condition 16 of DM/23/01358/FPA

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendmentDM/26/01529/NMA
  2. 2026
    6 Feb

    Discharge of condition 14 (M4(2) standards) and partial discharge of conditions 4 (Phase 4 Verification)…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/00297/DRC
  3. 2025
    21 Mar

    Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 12 (means of enclosure) and 29 (attenuation measures) to allow…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/25/00807/VOC

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