Binchester Roman Fort Binchester DL14 8DJ
Proposal
Full planning permission comprising of: 1. Binchester Earth comprising a Welcome Centre, Discovery Centre and Play Area. 2. 11 Arches Park which comprises the expansion of the existing Kynren show area with the addition of three new show areas providing historic based stories of the northeast. 3. Bishop Gateway supporting infrastructure in the form of a visitor access road, car parks, a connecting footway and pedestrian footbridge.
- Received
- 20 March 2026
- Decision due
- 10 July 2026
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Spennymoor
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 Apr
- Consult.Consultation5 May
- TargetTarget Date10 Jul
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application at Binchester Roman Fort Binchester DL14 8DJ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Spennymoor. We hold 448 applications in total for the DL14 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- DL14 8DJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 14 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 23 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Jacobs
- Agent address
- 38 Colmore Circus Queensway Birmingham B4 6BN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14794345
- Documents
- 370
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202631 Jul
Directional sign to east of front gates of Binchester Roman Fort
PendingAdvertisement consentDM/26/01964/AD - 202622 Jul
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of permission DM/25/02841/FPA
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DM/26/01888/VOC - 20266 May
Advertisement consent for replacement signage to front gates of Binchester Roman Fort
PendingAdvertisement consentDM/26/01053/AD
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Consultants on this application
- Jacobs · Agent for this application
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