Pilmore Farm Old Cassop Durham DH6 4QB Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/00471/FPA - Full Planning Application Allowed on appeal
Agricultural

Proposal

Erection of livestock building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Feb 2026
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Validated
24 Mar 2026
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Consultation
31 Mar 2026
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Refused
19 May 2026
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Appeal allowed
8 Sept 2026

Refused on 19 May 2026 · Full Delegated · Last checked 20 Sept 2026

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF FULL DELEGATED Delegated Report · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF APPELLANT STATEMENT Appeal Documents · 21 May 2026 View ↗ PDF COMBINED DESIGN & ACCESS AND HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Supporting Information · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC Supporting Information · 27 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN REPORT Supporting Information · 26 Feb 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN Supporting Information · 26 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPEAL FORM Appeal Documents · 21 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF DESIGN & CONSERVATION Consultee Comment · 10 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF LANDSCAPE Consultee Comment · 10 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF SITE NOTICE Site Notice · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PRESS NOTICE Press Notice · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COVERING LETTER Supporting Information · 26 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Old Cassop conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
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; SSSI about 466 m away: Cassop Vale SSSI.
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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
DH6 4QB
Received
26 Feb 2026
Validated
24 Mar 2026
Ward
Bowburn And Coxhoe
Parish
Cassop-cum-Quarrington
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 May 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
19 May 2026
Decision level
Full Delegated
Appeal
Allowed · 8 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6010086 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
Prism Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Approved, as 69% of agricultural works here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
64decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 20 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14714326
Planning Portal ref
PP-14714326
Neighbours
31 Mar 2026
Consultation
31 Mar 2026
Comments by
7 May 2026
Site or press notice
16 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
19 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

10 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
Erection of an agricultural livestock building
DM/22/02708/PNA
2016 Approved
Erection of agricultural building to house livestock
DM/16/01359/FPA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Mabel Cottage 1 The Cottage Old Cassop DH6 4QB
1.Tree 3 (Sycamore) fell2. Reduce the crown of trees 1 and 2 (Sycamores) by 20%, back to…
DM/23/02774/TCA
2023 Approved
Mabel Cottage 1 The Cottage Old Cassop DH6 4QB
Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) to amend the site layout to alter the location…
DM/23/02856/VOC
2023
Swallowridge Barn Old Cassop Durham DH6 4QB
Replace 14x windows from mahogany timber to golden oak uPVC
DM/23/01272/FPA
2022 Approved
1 The Cottage Old Cassop DH6 4QB
Conversion of 2no Dwellings to 1no Dwelling, install 3no rooflights, erection of single s…
DM/22/01789/FPA
2023 Approved
Oak Rise 1 The Orchard Old Cassop Durham DH6 4RS
Reduce branches on unbalanced side of tree, cut back from overhead power lines
DM/23/00085/TCA
2021 Approved
Strawberry Hill Barn Old Cassop Durham DH6 4QA
Single storey extension to rear with wrap around (Amended Proposal)
DM/21/01356/FPA
2019 Approved
Hill Croft Old Cassop Durham DH6 4QB
Demolition of existing single storey bungalow and erection of 1No. two storey replacement…
DM/19/00220/FPA
2018 Approved
Oak Rise 1 The Orchard Old Cassop Durham DH6 4RS
Works to 2no sycamore trees
DM/18/01631/TCA
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings