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Land To The East, South And West Of Benridge Farm, Fillpoke Lane Blackhall Rocks TS27 4BT

SCR/25/00008Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 February 2025

Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Development comprising installation of a solar farm and battery storage, development and associated buildings, equipment and infrastructure at land at Benridge farm, Fillpoke Lane, Monk Hesleden.

Received
5 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackhalls
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land To The East, South And West Of Benridge Farm, Fillpoke Lane Blackhall Rocks TS27 4BT. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 238 applications in total for the TS27 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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Application details

Postcode
TS27 4BT
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Monk Hesleden

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2025
Target decision date
27 February 2025
Permission expires
24 February 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
2

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.

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