Third Street, Former Fourth Street And Fifth Street Horden Peterlee SR8 4LA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Hybrid planning application comprising of demolition of existing buildings, full planning application for 53 dwellings with associated works and outline planning application for up to 52 dwellings (all matters reserved). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 12 Dec 2025 · County Planning Committee · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Durham County Planning Committee on 3 Dec 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because regeneration, affordable housing and brownfield reuse outweighed identified harms.
- Residents objected to demolition and preferred refurbishment, while the parish council and others supported regeneration.
- The committee approved the application subject to landowner notification, conditions and financial transfers.
Source: Plota analysis of Durham's committee minutes of 3 Dec 2025.
Documents 55
Statements & assessments 27
Plans & drawings 7
Consultation & comments 9
Other documents 12
Associated applications 2
- Hybrid planning application comprising of demolition of existing buildings, full planning application for 53 dwellings…
Site constraints 6
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Important details
- Council
- Durham
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- SR8 4LA
- Received
- 11 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 13 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Horden And Dene House
- Parish
- Horden
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Approved BNG Required
- Decision date
- 12 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- County Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- ELG Planning
How this decision compares
Decided in 121 days from validation, 65 days slower than Durham's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 95% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →
Public comments
60% object · below the UK average of 74%
1,042 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 25 Nov 2025
- Consultation
- 6 Nov 2025
- Comments by
- 20 Nov 2025
- Site or press notice
- 8 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Nov 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
1 previous application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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.
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