Park Place Hamsterley Hall Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1NJ Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/01635/LB - Listed Building Consent Withdrawn

Proposal

Listed Buildings Consent for Park Place: Construction of a three-car car port, creation of a horse menage (personal use only), conversion of existing stables and garage block to provide an additional stable and plant room and extension to provide horse wash down area (personal use only), alterations to the dwelling including new windows, new doors and alterations to the atrium roof and installation of timber cladding. Hamsterley Hall: Install a outdoor swimming pool and associated landscaping. Estate: The internal estate roads serving Hamsterley Hall, Park Place and Estate Cottage to be reconfigured. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:05

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Application progress

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Received

24 Jun 2026

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Validated

25 Jun 2026

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Consultation

29 Jun 2026

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Withdrawn

14 Jul 2026

Withdrawn on 14 Jul 2026 · Full Delegated · Last checked 18 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Statements & assessments 6

PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Supporting Information · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG METRIC Supporting Information · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT Supporting Information · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF DAYTIME BAT RISK ASSESSMENT Supporting Information · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Supporting Information · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ARBORICULTURAL REPORT Supporting Information · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Ancient woodland 2 m away: Strother Hills

Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

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: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

6 listed buildings within 150 m; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat 9 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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: Listed Building Consent
Postcode: NE39 1NJ
Received: 24 Jun 2026
Validated: 25 Jun 2026
Ward: Derwent And Pont Valley
Parish: No Parish
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Aug 2026
Decision: Application Withdrawn
Decision date: 14 Jul 2026
Decision level: Full Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Building Design Northern

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15035963
Planning Portal ref: PP-15035963
Consultation: 29 Jun 2026
Comments by: 23 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 2 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 20 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Durham

Planning Authority Score

5.2/10

Average

#137 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other decisions

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