Cookes West Wood Alum Waters New Brancepeth DH7 7JP
Proposal
Use of the site as a composite use for the purposes of agriculture, forestry, and land-based operations; a vegetable box scheme, craft and education courses, together with the construction and residential occupation of dwellings (use class C3) and other residential structures available to, and occupied by, persons by reason of and for so long as they are engaged in that use together with their families; such structures being identified on the annexed plan and schedule and marked thereon in green comprising: Houses 1, 2 and 3, the Yurt, the Well, and the Geodome, together with the use of further structures, identified on the annexed plan and schedule and marked thereon in yellow comprising: the Tunnel, the two Caravans, the Field Shelter, the Hen House, the Compost Toilet, the two Timber Stores, the Tool Shed, and the Summerhouse, being either incidental or ancillary to the said use where stated and including the accommodation on a transient basis of volunteers and visitors engaged in or assisting with that use, but excluding any use of the structures numbered [014] Tool Shed and [015] Summerhouse otherwise than as operational development by s171B(1), such composite use, taken as a whole, not falling within any use class specified in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and being accordingly a sui generis use and Operational Development: The erection of the operational development identified in the Buildings Schedule hereto and marked thereon [1] to [15] at their respective locations on the plan.
- Received
- 7 October 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 1 November 2026
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived7 Oct
- ValidatedValidated8 Oct
- Consult.Consultation3 Nov
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a planning application for an outbuilding at Cookes West Wood Alum Waters New Brancepeth DH7 7JP. Durham has handled 18,362 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the DH7 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- DH7 7JP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 October 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 November 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 34
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Green belt: County Durham
- Ancient woodland: Primrose Side Farm WoodPart of the site
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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.
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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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