Spennymoor Electricity Substation (north) Thinford Lane Thinford
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Proposal
Engineering operations including the installation of underground electricity cables, erection of gate and creation of internal service footpath
- Submitted
- 3 September 2025
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedSubmitted3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is a planning application at Spennymoor Electricity Substation (north) Thinford Lane Thinford. Durham has handled 18,377 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address.
Application details
Site constraints
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- 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.
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Associated applications
- 202617 Jun
Discharge of Condition 3 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/25/02428/FPA
PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/01556/DRC - 20253 Sep
Engineering operations including the installation of underground electricity cables, erection of gate and…
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202621 Sep
Discharge of statutory BNG condition in conjunction with condition 5 pursuant to DM/26/01234/FPA
PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/02420/DRC - 202618 May
Change of use of agricultural land to allow the erection of a substation compound and associated…
PendingFull Planning ApplicationDM/26/01234/FPA
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