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Allotment Gardens Farnham Close Newton Hall

DM/26/00032/FPAFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use from amenity open space to allotment to provide an extension of the adjacent allotment site, with boundary fence, disabled access planter area and unbound parking area.

Received
7 January 2026
Decision due
15 April 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Framwellgate And Newton Hall
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 26 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (29)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Allotment Gardens Farnham Close Newton Hall. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Framwellgate And Newton Hall.

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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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation start
12 February 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
12 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 February 2026
Site notice start
16 January 2026
Site notice end
6 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: County DurhamPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© 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.

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