Land West Of Ludwell Eastgate DL13 2LG
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Proposal
Request for a Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 in respect of installation of 2 no. abstraction boreholes & 2 no. reinjection boreholes; Installation of lithium production plant & equipment; Lithium production for a period of 40 years; Borehole plugging, abandonment, site decommissioning & restoration
- Received
- 3 December 2025
- Decision due
- 24 December 2025
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- ReceivedReceived3 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Dec
- Consult.Consultation28 Feb
- TargetTarget Date24 Dec
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application at Land West Of Ludwell Eastgate DL13 2LG. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the DL13 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
- DL13 2LG
- Application type
- Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Stanhope
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 14 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 28 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): North PenninesPart of the site
- Ancient woodlandPart 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 (19)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, 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.
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Source: Durham
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