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26/00492/CON - Discharge of Condition Awaiting decision
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by condition 37 (Travel Plan)(Phase 1) attached to planning permission dated 06 June 2024 (Outline planning permission for residential development of up to 985 dwellings (Use Class C3), convenience store with up to 400 sqm retail floor space (Use Class E), a GP (Class E) land for proposed primary school and early years school (Use Class F1) and sports pitches with associated parking, public open space, landscaping and sustainable drainage system (SUDS), onsite nutrient mitigation scheme and vehicular access points from Staindrop Road with all matters reserved except means of vehicular access) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 May 2026
✓
Consultation
8 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Jul 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 17 Jul 2026.

The consultation period closed on 29 Jun 2026.

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 1

PDF TRANSPORT PLANNING Comment Consultee · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF RESIDENTIAL TRAVEL PLAN Report · 22 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 22 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS COMMENTS Comment Consultee · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVERING LETTER Correspondence · 22 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 8

Site constraints 2

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
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 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
Darlington
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Postcode
DL3
Received
22 May 2026
Validated
22 May 2026
Ward
Heighington And Coniscliffe
Parish
Low Coniscliffe And Merrybent PMs
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Jul 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Lichfields

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14956918
Planning Portal ref
PP-14956918
Consultation
8 Jun 2026
Comments by
29 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
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Darlington
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#43 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Darlington ranks #137 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Darlington decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #109 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #14 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #137 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #73 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
16 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
25 decided
465
Total decisions
46 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings