Cell R7 Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/02161/DRC - Details Reserved by Condition Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 5 (engineering details), 6 (open space maintenance) and 7 (landscape phasing) pursuant to (as amended by DM/26/01949/NMA) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Aug 2026
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Validated
19 Aug 2026
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Consultation
20 Aug 2026
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · DRC Delegated · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DRC Delegated Report · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 7

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Tyne and Wear
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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) 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; Registered park or garden 202 m away: Lambton Castle; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
Details Reserved by Condition
Postcode
DH3 4DX
Received
18 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
Lumley And West Rainton
Parish
Bournmoor
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Oct 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
DRC Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lichfields

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15133595
Planning Portal ref
PP-15133595
Consultation
20 Aug 2026
Comments by
10 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
The Lodge Chester Road Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6EX
Discharge of conditions 3 (bricks & gate material samples) and 6 (scheme for replacement…
DM/25/02538/DRC
2025 Approved
Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) and 4 (boundary treatment) pursuant to DM/22/00511/…
DM/25/03088/DRC
2025 Approved
Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX
Non-material amendment to condition 1 (approved plans) pursuant to DM/22/00511/RM to amen…
DM/25/03085/NMA
2022 Approved
Lambton Park Chester Road Bournmoor
Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for residential…
DM/22/00511/RM
2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
The Lodge Chester Road Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6EX
New access to an existing residential property with associated landscaping.
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Durham
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#137 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings