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Site Of Former Greyhound Track Front Street Merrington Lane Spennymoor DL16 7RS

DM/26/01529/NMANon Material AmendmentAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Non material amendment to amend the wording of condition 16 of DM/23/01358/FPA and condition 14 of DM/25/00807/VOC from a pre-occupation condition to a compliance condition. Replace: A minimum of 43 dwellings shall be built to a standard which meets the requirements set out in M4(2) of the Building Regulations 2010 Approved Document Part M: Access to and use of building (as amended) or any updated version of replacement document. Prior to the occupation of any dwelling constructed to Buildings Regulations M4(2) standard, a verification report compiled by a suitably competent person demonstrating that the dwelling has been constructed to achieve Buildings Regulations M4(2) standard shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure the development complies with the requirements of Policy 15 of the County Durham Plan to meet the needs of older people and people with disabilities. With: All dwellings hereby approved shall include 66% of properties built to a standard which meets the requirements set out in M4(2) of the Building Regulations 2010 Approved Document Part M: Access to and use of building (as amended) or any updated version of replacement document, and 10% of properties designed for older persons. Reason: In the interests of meeting the needs of older people and people with disabilities and to comply with Policy 15 of the County Durham Plan and Part 5 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

Received
12 June 2026
Decision due
10 July 2026
Ward
Tudhoe
Agent
P & H S Architects
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Jun
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 June.

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Site Of Former Greyhound Track Front Street Merrington Lane Spennymoor DL16 7RS. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Tudhoe. We hold 163 applications in total for the DL16 postcode area.

96% of amendment 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
DL16 7RS
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
43
Parish
Spennymoor

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2026
Consultation expiry
18 June 2026
Consultation start
17 June 2026
Consultation end
18 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
P & H S Architects
Agent address
P & H S Architects The Old Station, Station Road Stokesley Middlesbrough North Yorkshire TS9 7AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15003974
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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