Near Middridge Mill Farm Mill Lane Redworth SHILDON DL4 2QE Data via plota.co.uk

26/00609/TCN - Telecommunications Notification Approved

Proposal

Notification under Electronic Communications Code (Reg 5) of intention to install 1 No.10m light pole Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

16 Jun 2026

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Consultation

29 Jun 2026

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Approved

15 Jul 2026

Approved on 15 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Plans & drawings 1

PDF LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF NOTIFICATION Application Form · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

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.

Public footpath about 9 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Agricultural land, grade 2

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 3. 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.

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Outer Walls and Gate Piers to East of Middridge Grange Farmhouse, Grade II, about 34 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 3 Grade II

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.

Show all 4 with distances

34 mOuter Walls and Gate Piers to East of Middridge Grange FarmhouseGrade II
59 mMiddridge Grange FarmhouseGrade II*
76 mCart Shed on Rear of Middridge Grange FarmhouseGrade II
85 mWalls and Gate Piers to East of Middridge Grange FarmhouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

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

Checked on 6 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 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: Darlington
Application type: Telecommunications Notification
Postcode: DL4 2QE
Received: 16 Jun 2026
Validated: 16 Jun 2026
Ward: Heighington And Coniscliffe
Parish: Heighington Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Jul 2026
Decision: PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT
Decision date: 15 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 29 days from validation, about the council's usual 27 days. Approved, as 93% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

This one29d

Council27d

UK55d

93%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

55decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 29 Jun 2026
Comments by: 13 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 14 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Darlington

Planning Authority Score

7.5/10

Good

#43 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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