Land Adjoining Snook Acres Front Street Witton Gilbert DH7 6SY Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/02299/DRC - Details Reserved by Condition Decided
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Discharge of condition 4 (verification report) in part in respect of Plots 10 - 12 and Plots 15-17 and Public Open Space only pursuant to Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Sept 2026
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Consultation
7 Sept 2026
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Part APV/REF
2 Oct 2026

Part APV/REF on 2 Oct 2026 · DRC Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

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Associated applications 4

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2; Green belt 42 m away: Tyne and Wear.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
Durham
Application type
Details Reserved by Condition
Postcode
DH7 6SY
Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Ward
Sacriston And Witton Gilbert
Parish
Witton Gilbert
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Oct 2026
Decision
Part APV/REF
Decision date
2 Oct 2026
Decision level
DRC Delegated
Applicant
Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15196397
Planning Portal ref
PP-15196397
Consultation
7 Sept 2026
Comments by
28 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

21 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Discharge of condition 4 (remediation works) and condition 7 (Building Regulations M4(2)…
DM/25/02527/DRC
2025
Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/23/03312/VOC for the variation…
DM/25/01686/NMA
2025 Approved
Discharge of condition 4 (remediation strategy) and condition 7 (M4(2) standards) (in par…
DM/25/00247/DRC
2024 Approved
Discharge of condition 6 (broadband connection) pursuant to DM/23/03312/VOC
DM/24/01294/DRC
2023 Approved
Changes to the design, type and position of house types and site layout and variation of…
DM/23/03312/VOC
2023 Approved
Discharge of conditions 3 (Construction Management Plan), 4 (land contamination scheme) a…
DM/23/01484/DRC
2022 Approved
Residential development for 29 dwellings and associated works (title amended)
DM/22/00987/FPA
2022
Residential development for 31 dwellings and associated works
DM/22/00522/FPA
2018 Withdrawn
Outline application for 25 Dwellings with some matters excluding Access and Layout reserv…
DM/18/02947/OUT
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
48 Front Street Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6SY
Proposed rear single storey extension
DM/22/02890/FPA
2022 Approved
1 North Terrace Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6TE
First floor extension to rear with render finish and juliet balcony
DM/22/02633/FPA
2021 Approved
Kilmorack Sacriston Lane Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6TF
First floor extension to rear (Revised and Resubmitted)
DM/21/01722/FPA
2021 Approved
Kilmorack Sacriston Lane Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6TF
First floor extension to rear
DM/21/00570/FPA
2020 Approved
Land To The Rear Of Glendenning Arms Front Street Witton Gilbert DH7 6SY
Application for approval of details reserved by condition relating to Condition 8 (landsc…
DRC/20/00337
2020 Approved
Land To The Rear Of Glendenning Arms Front Street Witton Gilbert DH7 6SY
Non-material amendment to permission DM/19/00074/FPA relating to residential development…
DM/20/02056/NMA
2020 Approved
Land To The Rear Of Glendenning Arms Front Street Witton Gilbert DH7 6SY
Discharge of condition 11 (coal mining investigation) pursuant to planning permission DM/…
DRC/20/00191
2019 Approved
Land To The Rear Of Glendenning Arms Front Street Witton Gilbert DH7 6SY
Erection of 8 dormer bungalows (amended plans - amended access plans 02/2020).
DM/19/00074/FPA
2019 Approved
Peel House Sacriston Lane Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6TF
Two storey front extension.
DM/19/03375/FPA
2017 Approved
Glendenning Arms Front Street Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6SY
Erection of 5 detached dwellings on land to the rear (south) of Glendenning Arms includin…
DM/17/01163/FPA
2017 Approved
Ravensgarth Sacriston Lane Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6TF
Erection of first floor extension at side of dwelling above existing garage and single-st…
DM/17/03209/FPA
2017 Approved
Oak Cottage 9 Front Street Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6SY
Erection of two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear, erection of…
DM/17/00502/FPA
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings