Land At Former Thorpe Maternity Hospital Andrews Lane Easington Village

This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• DM/19/03765/OUT Granted

  Land At Former Thorpe Maternity Hospital Andrews Lane Easington Village

  Outline Planning Permission for 32 self build housing plots with all matters excluding access reserved

  Decided 10 Feb 2022 Outline

1. 16 Jan 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 14 Feb 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 29 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 11 April 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.

• DM/19/03765/OUT Granted

  Land At Former Thorpe Maternity Hospital Andrews Lane Easington Village

  Outline Planning Permission for 32 self build housing plots with all matters excluding access reserved

  Decided 10 Feb 2022 Outline

This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided reserved matters applications in a median of 126 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Land At Former Thorpe Maternity Hospital Andrews Lane Easington Village

  DM/19/03765/OUT Submitted 29 Nov 2019 50 yards away

  Outline Planning Permission for 32 self build housing plots with all matters excluding access reserved

  Granted Outline New dwelling 58 docs

• Land To The North Of Lowhills Road And West Of Thorpe Road Little Thorpe

  DM/26/00717/DRC Submitted 20 Mar 2026 100 yards away

  Discharge of Condition 16 (Trees and Hedgerows) pursuant to consent DM/22/02566/VOC.

  Granted Conditions Trees 2 docs

• Land To The North Of Lowhills Road And West Of Thorpe Road Little Thorpe

  DM/26/00628/DRC Submitted 12 Mar 2026 100 yards away

  Discharge of Condition 18 (Archaeology) IN PART pursuant to planning permission DM/22/02566/VOC, in relation to Phase 1 of the development only

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• Land To The North Of Lowhills Road And West Of Thorpe Road Little Thorpe

  DM/20/02896/RM Submitted 5 Oct 2020 150 yards away

  469 dwellings (reserved matters)

  Granted Reserved matters 160 docs
  Major scheme

• Land To The North Of Lowhills Road Peterlee

  DM/23/01304/RM Submitted 2 May 2023 300 yards away

  Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for 435 dwellings pursuant to planning permission DM/22/02566/VOC (Amended Description January 2026).

  Granted Reserved matters 315 docs
  Major scheme

• Land To The North Of Lowhills Road And West Of Thorpe Road Little Thorpe

  DM/23/02178/DRC Submitted 20 Jul 2023 300 yards away

  Discharge of condition/s no's 2,3,4,5,6 and 7 for application DM/20/02896/RM

  Granted Conditions 32 docs

• DM/26/01308/RM Granted

  Park Field Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3QG

  Reserved matters application relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale pursuant to outline planning permission DM/24/01699/OUT (for the erection of a single dwelling) including details relating to condition 6 (drainage details), condition 8 (sustainability), condition 10 (EV charge point) and condition 11 (broadband) pursuant to DM/24/01699/OUT

  Received 22 May, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Reserved matters
• DM/26/01582/RM Granted

  Land West Of 44 Low Etherley DL14 0EU

  Reserved Matters application (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of 3 No. dwellings pursuant to planning approval DM/26/01782/VOC

  Received 16 Jun, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Reserved matters
• DM/26/02353/RM Awaiting decision

  Plot 52 Dunelm Stables Thornley DH6 3BN

  Reserved Matters application pursuant to planning permission DM/22/00209/OUT for one dwelling

  Received 3 Sep, published by the council 17 Sep 2026 Reserved matters
• DM/26/02261/RM Awaiting decision

  Red Barns Brandon Durham DH7 8DA

  Application for Reserved Matters in relation to Layout only for the primary spine roads and SUDs infrastructure within Phase 2b only, pursuant to hybrid consent DM/25/00762/FPA (Amended Description to refer to Phase 2b 05/10/2026).

  Received 27 Aug, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Reserved matters
• DM/26/01346/RM Granted

  Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX

  Approval of reserved matters in relation to landscape for orchard planting pursuant to DM/15/02714/OUT (as amended)

  Received 28 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Reserved matters