Aldi Unit 3 North Durham Retail Park Pit Lane Newton Hall Durham DH1 5ST
Approved on 3 March 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredFast Track
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Proposal
Prior approval application for the installation of solar PVs at the existing ALDI Foodstore
- Received
- 24 December 2025
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Framwellgate And Newton Hall
- ReceivedReceived24 Dec
- ValidatedValidated7 Jan
- Consult.Consultation27 Jan
- TargetTarget Date3 Mar
- DecidedDecided3 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Aldi Unit 3 North Durham Retail Park Pit Lane Newton Hall Durham DH1 5ST. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer 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 Framwellgate And Newton Hall. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- DH1 5ST
- Application type
- Prior Approval Scenarios
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Framwellgate Moor
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Avison Young
- Agent address
- 6th Floor 1 City Square Leeds West Yorkshire LS1 2AL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 29 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 19 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14535462
- Documents
- 11
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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