Site Of Former Greyhound Track Front Street Merrington Lane Spennymoor DL16 7RS
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
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Tudhoe
- Agent
- P & H S Architects
- ReceivedReceived12 Jun
- ValidatedValidated12 Jun
- Consult.Consultation18 Jun
- TargetTarget Date10 Jul
- DecidedDecided
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
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.
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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.
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Associated applications
- 202612 Jun
Non material amendment to amend the wording of condition 16 of DM/23/01358/FPA
This applicationPendingNon-material amendmentDM/26/01529/NMA - 20266 Feb
Discharge of condition 14 (M4(2) standards) and partial discharge of conditions 4 (Phase 4 Verification)…
PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/00297/DRC - 202521 Mar
Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 12 (means of enclosure) and 29 (attenuation measures) to allow…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part ofDM/25/00807/VOC
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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- Site Of Former Greyhound Track Front Street Merrington Lane Spennymoor DL16 7RSDM/25/02939/FPA · FullApproved0.2 mi
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