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Cotsford Infant School Cotsford Lane Horden Peterlee SR8 4TB

Granted County Durham DM/24/02181/FPA Full Planning Application

Works: Extension Trees

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

Proposal

Refurbishment of existing school to create a new 60 place SEN school provision including the new vehicular/pedestrian entrance/egress to classfied road and addition of plant work to roof. The proposal also includes the creation of additional car parking (this involves the removal of trees), extensions which include ramped access to both floors levels, solar canopy to the existing yard and an ASHP enclosure, these are considered permitted development however are shown on the plans to show the context of the whole development).

As published by the council, reference DM/24/02181/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/24/02181/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
7 Aug 2024
Validated
8 Aug 2024
Decided
17 Oct 2024
Ward
Horden (Historic)
Parish
Horden
Decision by
Fast Track
Postcode
SR8 4TB

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/24/03048/DRC Granted

    Cotsford Infant School Cotsford Lane Horden Peterlee SR8 4TB

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (updated arboricultural method statement), 5 (landscaping scheme), 7 (pedestrian guardrail) and 8 (bird boxes pursuant to planning permission DM/24/02181/FPA.

    Decided 13 Dec 2024 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Aug 2024

    Received by County Durham

  2. 8 Aug 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 17 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 26 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • DM/24/03048/DRC Granted

    Cotsford Infant School Cotsford Lane Horden Peterlee SR8 4TB

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (updated arboricultural method statement), 5 (landscaping scheme), 7 (pedestrian guardrail) and 8 (bird boxes pursuant to planning permission DM/24/02181/FPA.

    Decided 13 Dec 2024 Conditions

Documents

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

46 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

County Durham granted permission on 17 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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    DM/24/03048/DRC Submitted 11 Nov 2024 50 yards away

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (updated arboricultural method statement), 5 (landscaping scheme), 7 (pedestrian guardrail) and 8 (bird boxes pursuant to planning permission DM/24/02181/FPA.

    Granted Conditions 4 docs

  • Cotsford Grange Farm Cotsford Lane Horden Peterlee SR8 4TB

    DM/21/02075/FPA Submitted 9 Jun 2021 150 yards away

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  • 121 Cotsford Park Estate Horden Peterlee SR8 4TA

    DM/22/00541/FPA Submitted 23 Feb 2022 150 yards away

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  • 13 Bay Avenue Horden Peterlee SR8 4HG

    DM/26/01249/FPA Submitted 18 May 2026 200 yards away

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  • 21 Woodland Avenue Horden Peterlee SR8 4SJ

    DM/25/02140/HPN Submitted 4 Aug 2025 400 yards away

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    Granted Prior approval Extension 8 docs

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