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Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

Granted County Durham DM/24/00875/FPA Full Planning Application

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

The installation of electricity and fibre optic cabling between the Hawthorn Pit Solar Farm Substation and the National Grid Hawthorn Pit Substation and an access route associated with the Hawthorn Pit Solar Farm.

As published by the council, reference DM/24/00875/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/24/00875/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
2 Apr 2024
Validated
3 Apr 2024
Decided
29 Oct 2024
Ward
Murton (Historic)
Parish
Murton
Decision by
Full Delegated
Postcode
DH6 2RX

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 13 applications since 2022: 10 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/26/02162/FPA Awaiting decision

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Temporary visitor centre at the EGL1 site compound for a period of up to 5 years (Resubmission)

    Submitted 18 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • DM/26/01289/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of Condition 31 (Construction Management Plan) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 10 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • DM/26/01109/FPA Withdrawn

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Full planning application for a temporary visitor centre at the EGL1 site compound for a period of up to 5 years

    Decided 13 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • DM/26/00615/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of Condition 37 (Archaeological Reporting) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 1 Apr 2026 Conditions
  • DM/25/03471/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of Condition 29 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) pursuant to DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 19 Dec 2025 Conditions
  • DM/25/02767/RM Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Reserved Matters application (all matters, being details of the permanent access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of a substation on land to the west of Jade Business Park pursuant to DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 30 Jan 2026 Reserved matters
  • DM/25/02444/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of Condition 39 (Archaeological Reporting) of Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT Archaeological Strip, Map and Excavation Assessment Report

    Decided 29 Oct 2025 Conditions
  • DM/25/01752/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of conditions 23 (drainage), 27 (contaminated land), 33 (landscape implementation) and 34 (earth bunding details) pursuant to DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 28 Jan 2026 Conditions
  • DM/25/00777/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of Conditions 29 (Construction Traffic Management Plan), 31 (Construction and Environmental Management Plan) and 32 (Tree Protection) of Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 15 Aug 2025 Conditions
  • DM/23/02902/VOC Withdrawn

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Variation of Condition 5 (Working Hours) of Planning Permission DM/22/00747/FPA

    Decided 13 Jan 2025 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Apr 2024

    Received by County Durham

  2. 3 Apr 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 2 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

14 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

County Durham granted permission on 29 October 2024, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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  • Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

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    Variation of Condition 5 (Working Hours) of Planning Permission DM/22/00747/FPA

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  • Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

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  • Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

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