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Cell E1 Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX

DM/25/03437/DRCDetails Reserved by ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 14 (Drainage), 16 (CEMP), 20 (Landscaping), 29 (Open Space) and 30 (Training and Skills Plan) pursuant to DM/15/02714/OUT (as amended by DM/25/00952/NMA) in relation to the extent of the Cell E1 substation (as defined by DM/25/00951/RM)

Received
10 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lumley And West Rainton
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Feb
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Cell E1 Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Lumley And West Rainton. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 postcode area.

100% of conditions 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
DH3 4DX
Application type
Details Reserved by Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bournmoor

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2025
Target decision date
5 February 2026
Permission expires
13 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
St Nicholas Building, Lichfields St Nicholas Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1RF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14550069
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: County Durham
  • Registered park and garden: Lambton Castle
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Durham

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