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Land South Of A182 Cold Hesledon SR7 8RL

DM/25/02738/RMReserved MattersApproved

Approved on 24 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reserved Matters application for the approval of landscaping, layout and scale for Cell MU1 of Seaham Garden Village.

Received
1 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Murton
Agent
Pegasus Group
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target31 Dec
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 146 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land South Of A182 Cold Hesledon SR7 8RL. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 146 days, 13 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Murton. We hold 619 applications in total for the SR7 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
SR7 8RL
Application type
Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Hawthorn

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2025
Consultation expiry
2 March 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Consultation end
2 March 2026
Last date for comments
6 November 2025
Target decision date
31 December 2025
Permission expires
24 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pegasus Group
Agent address
3rd Floor Gainsborough House 34-40 Grey Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 6AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
6 November 2025
Site notice start
3 October 2025
Site notice end
24 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14354251
Documents
69

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

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© 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. 2025
    2 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 5 (External Materials), 8 (Foul and Surface Water), 12 (Noise Mitigation), 13…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideDM/25/02752/DRC
  2. 2025
    1 Oct

    Reserved Matters application for the approval of landscaping, layout and scale for Cell MU1 of Seaham Garden…

    This applicationApprovedReserved mattersDM/25/02738/RM

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    15 Oct

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Definition of landscape areas) and 5 (Fence trellis detail) pursuant to planning…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/02772/DRC
  2. 2026
    3 Sep

    Non-material amendment persuant to planning application DM/25/02531/RM

    PendingNon-material amendmentDM/26/02330/NMA
  3. 2026
    11 Aug

    Amendment to Condition 4 to remove the reference to trellis topped fencing.

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDM/26/02104/NMA
  4. 2026
    4 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 16 (scheme for the ongoing maintenance of the areas of public open space within the…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/01421/DRC
  5. 2026
    3 Jun

    Proposed Variation of Condition 19 pursuant DM/24/01982/VOC

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DM/26/01410/VOC
  6. 2026
    3 Jun

    Proposed non-material amendment pursuant approval DM/23/03793/VOC

    PendingNon-material amendmentDM/26/01409/NMA

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