Westfield House Worley Terrace West Road Tantobie Stanley DH9 9RT
Refused on 10 July 2026
Delegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Demolish existing redundant buildings and erection of three detached town houses with associated car parking and rear access
- Received
- 10 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Annfield Plain And Tanfield
- ReceivedReceived10 Nov
- ValidatedValidated11 Nov
- Consult.Consultation31 Dec
- TargetTarget Date6 Jan
- DecidedDecided10 Jul
Decided in 241 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Westfield House Worley Terrace West Road Tantobie Stanley DH9 9RT. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 242 days, 27 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Annfield Plain And Tanfield. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the DH9 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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Why it was refused
- The proposed development would not incorporate usable, attractively laid out or private garden space for future occupants. The proposals have failed to demonstrate that future occupiers of the development will have acceptable living conditions and would not provide high standards of amenity or privacy. The application fails to accord with Policies 29 or 31 of the County Durham Plan or Part 12 of the NPPF and is unacceptable.
- Insufficient information has been provided as part of this application to ensure that vehicular traffic generated by the new development can be safely accommodated on the local and strategic highway network or that safe and suitable access to the site can be achieved for all users. The application fails to accord with Policy 21 of the County Durham Plan or Part 9 of the NPPF and is unacceptable.
- Insufficient information has been provided as part of this application to demonstrate how the statutory Biodiversity Gain Objective will be met, and how the mitigation hierarchy was followed. No BNG Metric nor BNG Plan have been provided at this stage, and it is not evident how or if biodiversity gains will be achieved as part of the development. The application fails to accord with Policy 41 of the County Durham Plan, Part 15 of the NPPF or Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as inserted by Schedule 14 of the Environment Act 2021) and is unacceptable. STATEMENT OF PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT In accordance with Article 35(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, the Local Planning Authority has, without prejudice to a fair and objective assessment of the proposals, issues raised and representations received, sought to work with the applicant in a
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- DH9 9RT
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stanley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 31 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 13 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 24 Yonghall Close Greenside Ryton Tyne And Wear NE4 4QG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 23 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 13 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 21
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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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