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DM/25/02166/FPA - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of underground cable and associated infrastructure to connect the approved solar farm (ref: ) and GSK, Barnard Castle Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2025
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Consultation
8 Oct 2025
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Approved
6 Nov 2025

Approved on 6 Nov 2025 · County Planning Committee · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Durham County Planning Committee on 5 Nov 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the cable’s benefits significantly outweighed its temporary, mitigated harms.
  • No public responses or councillor comments were received, and consultees raised no objections subject to conditions.
  • The committee approved the application by resolution, subject to the report’s conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording, from 3:28:03 where this application was taken

Source: Plota analysis of Durham's committee minutes of 5 Nov 2025.

Documents 6

Statements & assessments 4

PDF BNG METRIC Supporting Information · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPPORTING STATEMENT Supporting Information · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT Supporting Information · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT Supporting Information · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF PRESS NOTICE Press Notice · 5 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF INDICATIVE CABLE Supporting Information · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Priority habitat 16 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
DL12 8DT
Received
7 Aug 2025
Validated
7 Aug 2025
Ward
Lower Teesdale
Parish
Marwood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Nov 2025
Decision
Approved
Decision date
6 Nov 2025
Decision level
County Planning Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 91 days from validation, 35 days slower than Durham's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 95% of full applications here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
9%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 13 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14231712
Planning Portal ref
PP-14231712
Consultation
8 Oct 2025
Comments by
15 Oct 2025
Site or press notice
8 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
6 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Glaxo Harmire Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DT
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DM/25/03018/NMA
2022 Approved
Glaxo Harmire Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DT
Non-Material amendment pursuant to DM/22/01961/FPA for addition of exhausts and silencer…
DM/22/02626/NMA
2021 Approved
Glaxo Harmire Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DT
Single story extension to existing fire station with storage area below
DM/21/03997/FPA
2021 Approved
Glaxo Harmire Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DT
Construction of pitched roof canopy over existing flat roof with enclosed fire escape sta…
DM/21/01612/FPA
2020 Approved
Glaxo Harmire Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DT
Installation of street lighting
DM/20/00734/FPA
2017 Approved
Glaxo Smith Kline Harmire Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DT
Construction of new airlock lobby to existing building with pathway
DM/17/00263/FPA
2016 Approved
Glaxo Smith Kline Harmire Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DT
Installation of 2 no. illuminated fascia logo signs including feature lighting
DM/16/03133/AD
2016 Approved
Glaxo Smith Kline Harmire Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DT
Demolition of single storey workshop and erection of extension to the north of 'C' Block
DM/16/01495/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