Grassy Nook Farm Darlington Back Lane Stockton-on-Tees TS21 1BB Data via plota.co.uk

26/1929/OHL - Overhead Electricity Lines (6 wk deter) Awaiting decision

Proposal

Exemption notice to upgrade of 6 spans of open wire overhead cable to 120mm ABC with associated pole replacement, 1 span to be underground. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
6 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 3 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 12 Nov 2026 and 24 Nov 2026, from Stockton-on-Tees's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Comments are open until 28 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 5

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Grassy Nook Farmhouse, Grade II, about 0 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
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.
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
National infrastructure project about 1891 m away: Byers Gill Solar.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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 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

Application type
Overhead Electricity Lines (6 wk deter)
Postcode
TS21 1BB
Received
6 Oct 2026
Validated
6 Oct 2026
Ward
Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Stockton-on-Tees usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 43.

Day 353 days to the 56-day target
86%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
81decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Stockton-on-Tees in the last twelve months, from validation. Stockton-on-Tees decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
7 Oct 2026
Comments by
28 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.