Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB
Approved on 27 November 2025
Council decision: Approved subject to S106Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
Proposal
Installation of electrical cables
- Received
- 30 September 2025
- Decision level
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Ferryhill
- ReceivedReceived30 Sep
- ValidatedValidated1 Oct
- Consult.Consultation9 Oct
- TargetTarget Date26 Nov
- DecidedDecided27 Nov
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Ferryhill. We hold 1,180 applications in total for the DH6 postcode area.
89% of outline 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 5LB
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ferryhill
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 8 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 26 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 27 November 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DWD
- Agent address
- 69 Carter Lane London EC4V 5EQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14283973
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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)
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Sep
New access from A688 to previously approved Greener Grid Park Site (ref DM/23/00745/FPA
PendingApplicationDM/26/02343/FPA - 202518 Aug
Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 10 (Construction Management Plan), and 11 (Construction Traffic)…
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DM/25/02276/VOC - 202515 Aug
New access from A688 to previously approved Greener Grid Park Site (reference DM/23/00745/FPA
PendingApplicationDM/25/02234/FPA
Source: Durham
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For applicants and trades
Consultants on this application
- DWD · Agent for this application
Contractors near this project
Find contractors for electrical near this site- Durham Electrics & Fire LtdElectrician0.9 mi
- Lord Roofing and Grounds Works LtdRooferRoofers1.2 mi
- Lord Roofing and Ground worksVelux Window InstallerVelux Window Repairs1.2 mi
- ME Electrics LtdElectrician1.3 mi
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