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Land To The North Of Pond Farm The Edge Woodland DL13 5RF

DM/26/00580/PNAPrior Notification AgricultureRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 13 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Reqd and RefusedFast Track1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Farm building lean to portal frame

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Evenwood
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The North Of Pond Farm The Edge Woodland DL13 5RF. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Evenwood. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development does not meet the requirements of Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as it involves the erection of a building intended for the accommodation of livestock within 400 metres of the curtilage of protected buildings. In addition, insufficient information to confirm whether the parcel of land is in use for agriculture and is so used for the purposes of a trade or business. In these circumstances, permitted development rights do not apply under Part 6, Class A of the GPDO. Notwithstanding the above, by reason of its siting, detached from the existing farmstead and established cluster of agricultural buildings, the proposal would result in an isolated and incongruous form of development that fails to respect the established settlement pattern and rural character of the area. The absence of arboricultural information and details of external materials further prevents a full assessment of the proposal's impact on the landscape.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
DL13 5RF
Application type
Prior Notification Agriculture
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lynesack And Softley

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 April 2026
Consultation start
18 March 2026
Consultation end
8 April 2026
Target decision date
13 April 2026
Permission expires
13 April 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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