Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

DM/25/03447/DRCDetails Reserved by ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan condition pursuant to DM/25/03012/VOC

Received: 11 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Lower Teesdale
Agent: ELG Planning

ReceivedReceived11 Dec
ValidatedValidated12 Dec
Consult.Consultation6 Jan
TargetTarget Date6 Feb
DecidedDecided8 Jan

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Gainford conservation area. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Lower Teesdale. We hold 888 applications in total for the DL2 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: DL2 3BQ
Application type: Details Reserved by Condition
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Gainford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 December 2025
Consultation expiry: 6 January 2026
Consultation start: 16 December 2025
Consultation end: 6 January 2026
Target decision date: 6 February 2026
Permission expires: 8 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: ELG Planning
Agent address: Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington DL3 7EH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14552529
Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: GainfordPart of the site
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Brownfield land register: Main Road, DL2 3BQRegister site at or near this address
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 (19)

flood storage 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, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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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.

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.

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This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/25/03447/DRC
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27 Oct
Variation of condition 12 (phasing) pursuant to DM/24/01421/FPA
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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Durham

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