Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX Data via plota.co.uk

DM/25/03350/NMA - Non Material Amendment Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Non-material Amendment Application to amend the description of development pursuant to (as amended by ). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Dec 2025
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Validated
2 Dec 2025
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Approved
9 Dec 2025

Approved on 9 Dec 2025 · NMA Delegated · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF NMA Delegated Report · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVERING LETTER Supporting Information · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 5

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Tyne and Wear
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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 Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Registered park or garden 202 m away: Lambton Castle; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
DH3 4DX
Received
1 Dec 2025
Validated
2 Dec 2025
Ward
Lumley And West Rainton
Parish
Bournmoor
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Dec 2025
Decision
Approved
Decision date
9 Dec 2025
Decision level
NMA Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lichfields

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14514338
Planning Portal ref
PP-14514338
Statutory expiry
30 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Outline application for the demolition of the former Elephant House and former Giraffe Ho…
DM/25/03472/OUT
2023 Approved
Two totem board signs located to either side of the Eastern Entrance roundabout and one d…
DM/23/03822/AD
2025 Approved
Discharge of condition 9 (archaeology) pursuant to DM/15/02714/OUT (as amended by DM/25/0…
DM/25/03392/DRC
2025 Withdrawn
Non-material amendment to the wording of conditions 26 (delivery of commercial floorspace…
DM/25/03240/NMA
2025
Approval of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping) for residential…
DM/25/03349/RM
2025 Approved
Discharge of condition 4 (landscape maintenance) pursuant to DM/23/01359/FPA
DM/25/02919/DRC
2025 Approved
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) and 4 (boundary treatment) pursuant to DM/22/00511/…
DM/25/03088/DRC
2025 Approved
Non-material amendment to condition 1 (approved plans) pursuant to DM/23/01906/RM compris…
DM/25/02873/NMA
2025 Approved
Non-material amendment to conditions 1 (approved plans), 2 (TPP), 3 (private drive crossi…
DM/25/02874/NMA
2025 Approved
Non-material amendment to condition 1 (approved plans) pursuant to DM/22/00511/RM to amen…
DM/25/03085/NMA
2025 Approved
Non-material amendment to the wording of condition 4 (landscape maintenance scheme) pursu…
DM/25/02994/NMA
2025 Approved
Discharge of Condition 8 (WSI) pursuant to permission DM/15/02714/OUT (as amended by DM/2…
DM/25/02778/DRC
2025 Approved
Discharge of Conditions 9 (archaeology), 16 (CEMP), 20 (hard and soft landscaping details…
DM/25/00993/DRC
2025 Approved
Non-material amendment to Condition 1 (Approved Plans) pursuant to DM/24/01867/RM (culver…
DM/25/01049/NMA
2025
Non-material amendment to outline planning permission DM/15/02714/OUT to amend the descri…
DM/25/00952/NMA
2024 Approved
Non-material amendment to condition 1 (approved plans) pursuant to DM/20/01169/VOC to var…
DM/24/03329/NMA
2025 Approved
Partial discharge of condition 23 (sustainability scheme) pursuant to permission DM/15/02…
DM/25/00522/DRC
2025 Approved
Discharge of conditions 3 (internal highways layout) and 4 (landscape maintenance) pursua…
DM/25/00523/DRC
2025 Approved
Non-material amendments to approved plans listed under Condition 1 of reserved matters ap…
DM/25/00521/NMA
2024 Withdrawn
Variation of condition no.1 (approved plans) to amend the retail and commercial centre bu…
DM/24/00535/VOC
2024 Approved
Partial discharge of Condition 8 (archaeology) pursuant to permission DM/15/02714/OUT (as…
DM/24/03008/DRC
2024 Approved
Partial discharge of Conditions 14 (foul and surface water drainage), 16 (CEMP), 20 (hard…
DM/24/02603/DRC
2024 Approved
Approval of reserved matters for associated infrastructure relating to the diversion of a…
DM/24/01867/RM
2024 Withdrawn
Partial discharge of condition 14 (foul and surface water drainage) pursuant to DM/15/027…
DM/24/01271/DRC
2024 Approved
Partial discharge of Condition 23 (sustainability scheme) pursuant to permission DM/15/02…
DM/24/01599/DRC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
The Lodge Chester Road Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6EX
Discharge of conditions 3 (bricks & gate material samples) and 6 (scheme for replacement…
DM/25/02538/DRC
2022 Approved
Lambton Park Chester Road Bournmoor
Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for residential…
DM/22/00511/RM
2022 Approved
Land To The West Of Park View Bournmoor DH4 6HA
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DM/22/03692/TPO
2022 Approved
The Lodge Chester Road Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6EX
New access to an existing residential property with associated landscaping.
DM/22/03102/FPA
Durham
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#137 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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