Land To The South Of South Terrace Cornsay Colliery DH7 9ED Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/00907/FPA - Full Planning Application Refused

Proposal

Change of use of land from commercial (B8) to domestic curtilage and erection of three bedroom detached dwellinghouse with associated parking and garden areas Data via plota.co.uk

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

Application progress

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Received

7 Apr 2026

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Validated

8 Apr 2026

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Consultation

10 Apr 2026

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Refused

3 Jun 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 3 Jun 2026 · Full Delegated · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 6

Site constraints 6

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 ↗

Local nature reserve about 43 m away: Steely Hill

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

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 Enhancement Zone 2

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; Priority habitat about 43 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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: DH7 9ED
Received: 7 Apr 2026
Validated: 8 Apr 2026
Ward: Langley And Esh
Parish: Cornsay
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Jun 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 3 Jun 2026
Decision level: Full Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Refused, as 14% of changes of use here are.

This one56d

Council57d

UK56d

50%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

13%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 10 Apr 2026
Consultation: 10 Apr 2026
Comments by: 4 May 2026
Site or press notice: 13 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 3 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved

Discharge of condition 3, 4 and 5 pursuant to DM/22/01722/FPA

DM/23/00229/DRC 20 Dec 2023

2022 Approved

Erection of storage and office building (as amended 7 December 2022)

DM/22/01722/FPA 20 Jan 2023

2017 Withdrawn

Outline planning application for the erection of two residential dwellings.

DM/17/00156/OUT 5 Jun 2017

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

Hillside House 13 South Terrace Cornsay Colliery Durham DH7 9ED

Demolition of existing double garage and erection of replacement side extension. Porch to…

DM/21/02427/FPA 17 Sep 2021

2019 Approved

Land Rear Of 9 South Terrace Cornsay Colliery Durham DH7 9ED

Detached garage and store

DM/19/00845/FPA 9 Apr 2019

Durham

Planning Authority Score

5.2/10

Average

#137 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

Land To The South Of South Terrace Cornsay Colliery DH7 9ED Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

Plans & drawings 2

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 1