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Land Between Church Villas And Rectory View Church Lane Shadforth

DM/26/00004/PNAPrior Notification AgricultureApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission RequiredFast Track

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Access track into field.

Received
2 January 2026
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Easington And Shotton
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.22 Jan
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Between Church Villas And Rectory View Church Lane Shadforth. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Shadforth conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Easington And Shotton.

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

Application type
Prior Notification Agriculture
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shadforth

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2026
Consultation expiry
22 January 2026
Consultation start
8 January 2026
Consultation end
22 January 2026
Target decision date
29 January 2026
Permission expires
28 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Vickers & Barrass
Agent address
16/17 Castle Bank Tow Law Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 4AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14588075
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Shadforth

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 (21)

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, 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.

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