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Land East Of Newton Grange Finchale Road Newton Hall DH1 5PR

SCR/26/00003Screening OpinionDecided
Outline / PiP

Decided on 9 April 2026

Council decision: EIA Not Required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion request in relation to a residential development comprising approximately 250 dwellings

Received
6 March 2026
Ward
Framwellgate And Newton Hall
Agent
Pegasus Group
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land East Of Newton Grange Finchale Road Newton Hall DH1 5PR. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Framwellgate And Newton Hall. We hold 1,246 applications in total for the DH1 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
DH1 5PR
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
250
Parish
Framwellgate Moor

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation start
12 March 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pegasus Group
Agent address
First Floor Gainsborough House 34-40 Grey Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 6AE

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.

  • Green belt: County Durham
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

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.

Source: Durham

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