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26/00671/RM1 - RM1-Approval of Reserved Matters Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application for reserved matters approval relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 140 No. dwellings and associated infrastructure, parking and landscaping attached to outline permission dated 6 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

✓
Received
7 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
20 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
22 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 21 Oct 2026, from recent reserved matters across the UK.

The consultation period closed on 21 Aug 2026.

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

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Important details

Council
Darlington
Application type
RM1-Approval of Reserved Matters
Postcode
DL3 9AE
Received
7 Jul 2026
Validated
20 Jul 2026
Ward
Heighington And Coniscliffe
Parish
Low Coniscliffe And Merrybent PMs
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lichfields

Decision outlook

Day 81, past Darlington's usual 80 days for reserved matters. 60% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 19 Oct 2026.

Day 8110 days to the 91-day target
34%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
11%go to committee

Plota live figures for reserved matters decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent reserved matters in Darlington to go on. Darlington decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

82 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15049493
Planning Portal ref
PP-15049493
Neighbours
22 Jul 2026
Consultation
22 Jul 2026
Comments by
21 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
31 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
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