Dalton Gates Farm West Lane Dalton On Tees Darlington North Yorkshire DL2 2PT Data via plota.co.uk

ZD25/00713/FULL - Application for Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Full planning permission for construction of a steel-framed building measuring 8m long, 6m wide and 3m to the eaves, with a roller shutter door on one gable end and a personnel access door on the opposite end. The building will house two 80 kW Twinheat biomass boilers and one 130 kW Eco Angus biomass boiler. The system will provide renewable heating to the five existing poultry sheds on the site, replacing the current LPG brooder heating system Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 1 Dec 2025
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Approved
16 Mar 2026

Approved on 16 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

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) 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 8 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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 £286,748 in October 2025. Other property, freehold.

30 October 2025£286,748Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area88 m² (947 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (39 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached bungalow, 5 habitable rooms
Built1967 to 1975
HeatingBoiler and radiators, LPG
WallsTimber frame, as built, partial insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Application for Full Planning Permission
Postcode
DL2 2PT
Received
around 1 Dec 2025
Validated
1 Dec 2025
Ward
North Richmondshire
Parish
North Cowton Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Jan 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
16 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 105 days from validation, 34 days slower than Richmondshire's median of 71 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.

35%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
109decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Richmondshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Richmondshire decision record →

Public comments

3comments received
1 objecting2 neutral

33% object · below the UK average of 74%

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
26 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 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.