Land To The South East Of Bells House Farm Bells House Farm Road Cornsay DH7 9EG
Proposal
The installation of two overrun areas on land adjacent to Hedleyhill Lane to facilitate the repowering of Hedley Hope 1 and Tow Law Wind Farm.
- Received
- 27 February 2026
- Decision due
- 27 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Deerness
- ReceivedReceived27 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Mar
- Consult.Consultation25 Mar
- TargetTarget Date27 Apr
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land To The South East Of Bells House Farm Bells House Farm Road Cornsay DH7 9EG. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Deerness. We hold 1,248 applications in total for the DH7 postcode area.
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Application details
- Postcode
- DH7 9EG
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hedleyhope
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 25 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 6 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 27 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14602852
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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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