Land To The South Of South Parade Thornley DH6 3EG
Approved on 12 February 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG RequiredPlanning committee
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Proposal
Erection of 22no. dwellings with associated infrastructure and landscaping
- Received
- 22 September 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Thornley And Wheatley Hill
- Agent
- ELG Planning
- ReceivedReceived22 Sep
- ValidatedValidated23 Sep
- Consult.Consultation9 Jan
- TargetTarget Date23 Dec
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 142 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land To The South Of South Parade Thornley DH6 3EG. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 12 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Thornley And Wheatley Hill. 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 3EG
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 22
- Parish
- Thornley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 30 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 12 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ELG Planning
- Agent address
- Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington DL3 7EH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 7 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 28 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14320423
- Documents
- 109
Site constraints
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.
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