East Farm Old Stillington Lane Stillington Stockton-On-Tees TS21 1LX Data via plota.co.uk

26/0323/PDA - Prior Approval Agricultural 150-1,000sqm Approved

Proposal

Prior Notification for the erection of 1No. agricultural structure for machinery, products and feed storage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

16 Feb 2026

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Consultation

17 Feb 2026

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Approved

10 Mar 2026

Approved on 10 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 13

Site constraints 4

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 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.

National infrastructure project about 379 m away: Byers Gill Solar

The site is about 379 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: East Coast Hydrogen Teesside Pipeline (at pre-application, about 1562 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

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 Planning Inspectorate, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £324,000 in March 2006. Detached house, freehold.

17 March 2006£324,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Stockton-on-Tees
Application type: Prior Approval Agricultural 150-1,000sqm
Postcode: TS21 1LX
Received: 16 Feb 2026
Validated: 16 Feb 2026
Ward: Northern Parishes
Parish: Stillington And Whitton Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Mar 2026
Decision: Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date: 10 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 22 days from validation, 9 days faster than Stockton-on-Tees's median of 31 for prior approvals. Approved, as 99% of prior approvals here are.

This one22d

Council31d

UK32d

98%decided within 8 weeks

99%approved

191decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Stockton-on-Tees in the last twelve months, from validation. Stockton-on-Tees decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14707145
Planning Portal ref: PP-14707145
Consultation: 17 Feb 2026
Comments by: 10 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 16 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused

Prior Notification for the erection of 1No. Livestock Pavilion.

25/2379/PDA 9 Dec 2025

2024 Approved

Erection of a single storey extension to side.

24/0195/FUL 15 May 2024

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

East Farm Old Stillington Lane Stillington TS21 1LX

Retrospective application for the creations of site access and erection of horse riding m…

21/0816/RET 26 May 2021

2019 Approved

East Farm Old Stillington Lane Stillington TS21 1LX

Erection of general purpose agricultural building for hay storage / winter sheep housing

19/1218/FUL 25 Jul 2019

2018 Approved

West Farm Old Stillington Lane Stillington TS21 1LX

Retrospective application for change of use of agricultural building to horse livery (sui…

18/0698/RET 10 Jul 2018

2017 Approved

East Farm Stillington Stockton-on-Tees TS21 1LX

Erection of an agricultural building/workshop for machinery service/repair and lockable s…

17/1531/FUL 8 Aug 2017

2016 Approved

Town Farm Old Stillington Lane Stillington TS21 1LX

Retrospective planning application to retain a mobile home for a temporary period (upto 2…

16/3072/RET 7 Mar 2017

Stockton-on-Tees

Planning Authority Score

5.8/10

Average

#112 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Stockton-on-Tees ranks #180 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 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

Stockton-on-Tees decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #67 of 296

97%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #44 of 296

61%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #180 of 296

40%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #155 of 296

79%

Minor dwellings approved

19 decided (1-9 homes)

82%

Major dwellings approved

11 decided (10+ homes)

86%

Change of use approved

44 decided

612

Total decisions

41 refused in the year to March 2026

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Proposal

Application progress

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 3

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 6

Other documents 1