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Plot 49 Dunelm Stables Thornley

DM/25/02865/RMReserved MattersApproved

Approved on 19 January 2026

Fast Track

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reserved matters application (appearance, layout and scale) for erection of 1no detached dwelling at Plot 49 pursuant of outline planning permission DM/22/00209/OUT.

Received
13 October 2025
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Thornley And Wheatley Hill
Agent
Self Build & Design Architects
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Plot 49 Dunelm Stables Thornley. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 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.

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

Application type
Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Thornley

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2025
Consultation expiry
3 December 2025
Consultation start
19 November 2025
Consultation end
3 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 November 2025
Last date for comments
13 November 2025
Target decision date
14 January 2026
Permission expires
19 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Self Build & Design Architects
Agent address
The Studio Sylvan Vista Brancepeth Village Durham DH7 8DT

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 October 2025
Site notice end
13 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
23

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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© 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.

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