Welfare Park Front Street South Hetton
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Proposal
The upgrade of existing hard standing area to a PlayZone complete with fencing and floodlighting
- Received
- 24 February 2026
- Decision due
- 22 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Murton
- Agent
- Sports Labs Limited
- ReceivedReceived24 Feb
- ValidatedValidated25 Feb
- Consult.Consultation20 Mar
- TargetTarget Date22 Apr
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application at Welfare Park Front Street South Hetton. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Murton.
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
- Small
- Parish
- South Hetton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 20 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 20 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 20 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Sports Labs Limited
- Agent address
- 1 Adam Sqaure Brucefield Industry Park Livingston EH54 9DE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 27 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 20 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14731137
- Documents
- 20
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.
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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Associated applications
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Discharge of Conditions 3 (Biodiversity Net Gain) and 4 (HMMP) pursuant to planning permission DM/26/00449/FPA
PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/01191/DRC - 202624 Feb
The upgrade of existing hard standing area to a PlayZone complete with fencing and floodlighting
This applicationPendingFullDM/26/00449/FPA
Source: Durham
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