Westernhopeburn Farm Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2LF

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• DM/21/00638/PNA Granted

  Westernhopeburn Farm Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2LF

  Prior Notification for erection of barn for animal feed storage

  Decided 27 Apr 2021 Prior approval

1. 13 Jun 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 7 Aug 2025

   Decision issued: Approved

3. 29 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

County Durham granted permission on 7 August 2025, 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.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Westernhopeburn Farm Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2LF

  DM/21/00638/PNA Submitted 23 Feb 2021 100 yards away

  Prior Notification for erection of barn for animal feed storage

  Granted Prior approval 1 doc

• Land West Of Ludwell Eastgate DL13 2LG

  DM/22/00897/PNA Submitted 28 Mar 2022 300 yards away

  Erection of 2 no. agricultural buildings.

  Decided Prior approval 4 docs

• Land West Of Ludwell Eastgate DL13 2LG

  SCR/25/00023 Submitted 3 Dec 2025 350 yards away

  Request for a Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 in respect of installation of 2 no. abstraction boreholes & 2 no. reinjection boreholes; Installation of lithium production plant & equipment; Lithium production for a period of 40 years; Borehole plugging, abandonment, site decommissioning & restoration

  Decided Outline 10 docs

• Ludwell Farm Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2LG

  DM/24/01519/DRC Submitted 7 Jun 2024 0.3 miles away

  Discharge of Condition 5 (Site Management Plan - Partial Discharge) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/22/02878/MIN

  Granted Conditions 12 docs

• Ludwell Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2LG

  DM/25/01413/DRC Submitted 27 May 2025 0.3 miles away

  Partial discharge of Condition 4 (Working method/site management plan) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/24/00899/VOCMW

  Withdrawn Conditions

• Ludwell Farm Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2LG

  DM/22/02878/MIN Submitted 29 Sep 2022 0.3 miles away

  Continued exploration to develop the abstraction and re-injection of groundwater for the extraction and processing of lithium at a pilot scale

  Granted Other 120 docs

• DM/26/02644/PND Awaiting decision

  Low Houses West And East Low Houses Newbiggin DL12 0UJ

  Prior Approval for the demolition of agricultural buildings (north east of 1 Low Houses)

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/02208/PND Decided

  Units 9, 10 And 10A Bishop Auckland Trade Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9TT

  Demolition of Units 9, 10 and 10A

  Received 24 Aug, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/02545/PND Awaiting decision

  4, 5 And 6 Dellside Willington Crook DL15 0BU

  Demolition of three houses

  Received 22 Sep, published by the council 16 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/02211/PND Decided

  Londonderry Works George Street Industrial Estate Seaham SR7 7SL

  Prior Notification for demolition of existing industrial buildings and associated structures.

  Received 24 Aug, published by the council 28 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• DM/26/01904/HPN Granted

  Morton Cottage Fence Houses Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6QA

  The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.0m, for which the maximum height would be 3.6m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.5m.

  Received 21 Jul, published by the council 6 Aug 2026 Prior approval