Site Of Former Weardale Works And Quarry Eastgate DL13 2LG

1. 11 Apr 2024

   Received by County Durham

2. 25 Apr 2024

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 29 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 20 June 2024, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   County Durham took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham's median decision took 58 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Land East Of Ludwell Eastgate DL13 2LG

  DM/23/00230/PNME Submitted 27 Jan 2023 250 yards away

  Prior Notification under Class K of Part 17 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to undertake further surveying, testing and exploratory work at the Borehole 2 (BH2) Site near Eastgate

  Refused Prior approval 6 docs

• Ludwell Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2LG

  DM/20/01729/LB Submitted 2 Jul 2020 250 yards away

  Conversion of barn to dwelling

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 21 docs
  Domestic

• Ludwell Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2LG

  DM/20/01728/FPA Submitted 2 Jul 2020 250 yards away

  Conversion of redundant barn to create 1 No residential dwelling

  Granted Full applications 21 docs
  Domestic

• Ludwell Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2LG

  DM/20/01806/LB Submitted 8 Jul 2020 250 yards away

  Proposed refurbishment and alterations to farmhouse

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 24 docs

• Land To The South East Of Ludwell, Eastgate DL13 2LG

  DM/26/00353/FPA Submitted 13 Feb 2026 250 yards away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~13 Apr

  Proposed agricultural building

  Awaiting decision Full applications 15 docs

• Ludwell Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2LG

  DM/24/02233/FPA Submitted 13 Aug 2024 300 yards away

  Conversion of barn to dwelling

  Granted Full applications 28 docs
  Domestic

• DM/23/01597/WAS Decided

  Nedco Contracts Dean And Chapter Industrial Estate Dean Bank Ferryhill DL17 8LH

  Change of use to facility for inert construction and mixed skip waste (incorporating revisions to existing site boundary and hours of operation)

  Received 2 Jun, published by the council 2 Oct 2026 Other
• DM/26/00445/WAS Granted

  Unit 11 Hurworth Road Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6UD

  Change of Use from an engineering unit to a pet crematorium and installation of ancillary flue.

  Received 24 Feb, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Other
• DM/26/00183/WAS Granted

  Units 8-10 Willow Way Industrial Estate Greencroft Industrial Park Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7DT

  Change of use from light industrial (B2/B8) to pet crematorium (sui generis) and installation of ancillary flue.

  Received 22 Jan, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Other
• DM/26/00324/HAZ Awaiting decision

  Emerald Biogas Preston Road Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6AB

  Application for hazardous substances consent

  Received 10 Feb, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Other
• DM/26/00183/FPA Awaiting decision

  Units 8-10 Willow Way Industrial Estate Greencroft Industrial Park Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7DT

  Change of use from light industrial (B2/B8) to pet crematorium (sui generis) and installation of ancillary flue.

  Received 22 Jan, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Other