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DM/26/00799/FPA - Full Planning Application Refused

Proposal

Erection of 93 dwellings with associated access, infrastructure and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:56

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Application progress

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Received

30 Mar 2026

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Validated

31 Mar 2026

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Consultation

7 Jul 2026

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Refused

3 Aug 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 3 Aug 2026 · County Planning Committee · Last checked 5 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Durham County Planning Committee on 29 Jul 2026.

Refused unanimously

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

Officers advised approval because housing benefits and mitigation outweighed the identified policy conflicts and landscape harm.
Residents and a local councillor raised concerns about sustainability, landscape harm, highways, public transport, schools and the previous refusal.
Members unanimously refused the application because conflicts with Policies 6, 10, 21 and 29 significantly and demonstrably outweighed its benefits.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer advice, objections, public speakers, committee debate, vote and reasons for refusal. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Durham's committee minutes of 29 Jul 2026.

Documents 88

Statements & assessments 32

Plans & drawings 16

Consultation & comments 20

Site constraints 4

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

Coal mining risk assessments ↗

Public bridleway 15 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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: DH3 4SS
Received: 30 Mar 2026
Validated: 31 Mar 2026
Ward: Lumley And West Rainton
Parish: Great Lumley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Jun 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 3 Aug 2026
Decision level: County Planning Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Lichfields

How this decision compares

Decided in 125 days from validation, 64 days slower than Durham's median of 61 for new homes. Refused, as 31% of new homes here are.

This one125d

Council61d

UK59d

43%decided within 8 weeks

69%approved

17%go to committee

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

Public comments

80comments received

80 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

445 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14816128
Planning Portal ref: PP-14816128
Neighbours: 21 Jul 2026
Consultation: 7 Jul 2026
Comments by: 14 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 10 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 30 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Durham

Planning Authority Score

5.2/10

Average

#137 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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