Land To The West Of Lunds Lane Greencroft DH8 7SY Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/02073/PNA - Prior Notification Agriculture Decided

Proposal

Prior notification for erection of building with steel portal frame, fibre cement roof, concrete panels with yorkshire boarding above and two large double sliding doors Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 9 Oct 2026, 01:30

Application progress

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Received

7 Aug 2026

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Consultation

17 Aug 2026

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Prior Approval is Required

3 Sept 2026

Prior Approval is Required on 3 Sept 2026 · Fast Track · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Durham
Application type: Prior Notification Agriculture
Postcode: DH8 7SY
Received: 7 Aug 2026
Validated: 7 Aug 2026
Ward: Annfield Plain And Tanfield
Parish: Greencroft
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Sept 2026
Decision: Prior Approval is Required
Decision date: 3 Sept 2026
Decision level: Fast Track
Applicant: Show
Agent: Vickers & Barrass

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15070500
Planning Portal ref: PP-15070500
Consultation: 17 Aug 2026
Comments by: 7 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 3 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Durham

Planning Authority Score

5.2/10

Average

#137 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Durham ranks #190 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

97% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Durham decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #52 of 296

97%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #29 of 296

59%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #190 of 296

48%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #213 of 296

79%

Minor dwellings approved

95 decided (1-9 homes)

90%

Major dwellings approved

49 decided (10+ homes)

87%

Change of use approved

201 decided

1,706

Total decisions

113 refused in the year to March 2026