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South Sharpley Farm Salters Lane Seaton Seaham SR7 0NJ

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/25/01801/FPA Full Planning Application

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Proposal

Installation of a solar farm together with all associated works, equipment and necessary infrastructure including battery storage (Cross boundary site with Sunderland City Council)

As published by the council, reference DM/25/01801/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/25/01801/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
4 Jul 2025
Validated
11 Jul 2025
Ward
Seaham
Parish
Seaton With Slingley
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
SR7 0NJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Jul 2025

    Received by County Durham

  2. 11 Jul 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 5 September 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.

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Pegasus Group Ltd Agent

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Documents

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

218 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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