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DM/25/01900/OUT - Outline Application Refused

Proposal

New build detached bungalow and garage utilising existing access and on-site services. (all matters reserved) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 15 Oct 2026, 06:34

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Application progress

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Received

14 Jul 2025

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Validated

18 Jul 2025

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Consultation

5 Aug 2025

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Refused

26 Sept 2025

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Appeal dismissed

1 Apr 2026

Refused on 26 Sept 2025 · Full Delegated · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents 13

Site constraints 4

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

Coal mining risk assessments ↗

Public footpath 25 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.

Also on the record

Inside the Shildon built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

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

Checked on 15 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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Prior Notification for a general purpose agricultural building.

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Important details

Council: Durham
Application type: Outline Application
Postcode: DL4 1BQ
Received: 14 Jul 2025
Validated: 18 Jul 2025
Ward: Shildon And Dene Valley
Parish: Shildon
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 29 Sept 2025
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 26 Sept 2025
Decision level: Full Delegated
Appeal: Dismissed · 1 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6003412 ↗
Applicant: Show
Agent: DH Drawings Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, about the council's usual 68 days. Refused, as 41% of outline applications here are.

This one70d

Council68d

UK68d

41%decided within 8 weeks

59%approved

12%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

26 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-13979404
Planning Portal ref: PP-13979404
Neighbours: 5 Aug 2025
Consultation: 5 Aug 2025
Comments by: 4 Sept 2025
Site or press notice: 8 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry: 12 Sept 2025
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

5 Busty Terrace Shildon DL4 1BG

Erection of single storey front extension

DM/17/00499/FPA 4 Apr 2017

2016 Approved

Low Deanery Adelaide Bank Bishop Auckland DL4 1BQ

Erection of single storey side extensions and erection of detached double garage

DM/16/00815/FPA 15 Apr 2016

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