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Forestry Commission England Redford Lane Redford Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3NL

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/24/02979/FPA Full Planning Application

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Proposal

Proposed Masterplan for Hamsterley Forest comprising a replacement Forestry England Visitor Centre with offices, cafe, classroom, and WCs with additional rationalised car parking; 70no. Forest Holidays cabins with associated infrastructure; a Go Ape high ropes course; and a change of use of the Nest buildings and land to provide a Forestry England Camping area (Additional Info received 19.11.24)

As published by the council, reference DM/24/02979/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/24/02979/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
31 Oct 2024
Validated
12 Nov 2024
Ward
Evenwood
Parish
South Bedburn
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
DL13 3NL

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • SCR/24/00008 Decided

    Forestry Commission England Redford Lane Redford Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3NL

    Request for Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 in respect of a replacement visitor centre with cycle hire, a Go Ape, campsite, bunkhouse and 70 holiday cabins

    Decided 2 Aug 2024 Outline
  • DM/21/00483/FPA Granted

    Forestry Commission England Redford Lane Redford Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3NL

    5.4km single track blue grade Mountain bike trail to join existing forest roads and paths

    Decided 6 Jul 2021 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 Oct 2024

    Received by County Durham

  2. 12 Nov 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 7 January 2025, 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.

Who's behind it

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Concept Town Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Ellesmere

Active · incorporated 2007 · Ellesmere

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Documents

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

858 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided full applications in a median of 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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