Site Of Former Greyhound Track Front Street Merrington Lane Spennymoor DL16 7RS
Approved on 3 December 2025
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track
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Proposal
Erection of metal sculpture of two 3D greyhounds in Corten Steel (rust brown).
- Received
- 14 October 2025
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Tudhoe
- Agent
- Prime Property Consultancy
- ReceivedReceived14 Oct
- ValidatedValidated15 Oct
- Consult.Consultation13 Nov
- TargetTarget Date10 Dec
- DecidedDecided3 Dec
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Site Of Former Greyhound Track Front Street Merrington Lane Spennymoor DL16 7RS. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Tudhoe. We hold 163 applications in total for the DL16 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
- DL16 7RS
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Spennymoor
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 23 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 2 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 December 2025
- Decision issued
- 4 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 4 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Prime Property Consultancy
- Agent address
- Chichester House 91 Moss Lane East Hulme Manchester Greater Manchester M15 5GY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 2 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202612 Jun
Non material amendment to amend the wording of condition 16 of DM/23/01358/FPA
PendingNon-material amendmentDM/26/01529/NMA - 20266 Feb
Discharge of condition 14 (M4(2) standards) and partial discharge of conditions 4 (Phase 4 Verification)…
PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/00297/DRC - 202521 Mar
Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 12 (means of enclosure) and 29 (attenuation measures) to allow…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/25/00807/VOC
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