Planning application
Whorlton Hall Hospital Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XQ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
'Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to alter layout of new builds, 3 (nutrient neutrality), 4 (BNG), 8 (trees), 13 (bat & bird habitat compensation plan), 21 (boundary treatments) & 23 (drainage) of DM/23/02254/FPA
As published by the council, reference DM/25/01837/VOC
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/01837/VOC
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: S106+Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 8 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 3 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 9 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Lower Teesdale
- Parish
- Whorlton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL12 8XQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/02468/DRC Granted
Whorlton Hall Hospital Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XQ
Discharge conditions 3 (Nutrient Neutrality Mitigation), 4 (HMMP), 5 (Archaeology), 7 (Landscaping), and 25 (Sustainability Statement) pursuant to permission DM/25/01837/VOC
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DM/25/03091/TCA Granted
Whorlton Hall Hospital Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XQ
Felling of self-seeded goat willow tree.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jul 2025
Received by County Durham
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3 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Jun 2026
Decision issued: S106+Approved BNG Not Required
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19 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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DM/26/02468/DRC Granted
Whorlton Hall Hospital Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XQ
Discharge conditions 3 (Nutrient Neutrality Mitigation), 4 (HMMP), 5 (Archaeology), 7 (Landscaping), and 25 (Sustainability Statement) pursuant to permission DM/25/01837/VOC
- Application: DM/23/02254/FPA (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
54 documents on file for this application
- FULL DELEGATED
- APPROVAL VOC - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- DEED OF VARIATION
- PLOT 2 PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR & FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PLOT 2 FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATION
- PLOT 2 REAR AND SIDE ELEVATION
- COMMENT 2
- 7 GRANGE TERRACE, WHORLTON, BARNARD CASTLE DL12 8UY-OBJECTS-MR RICHARD PROUD(FUL
- COMMENT 2
- ECOLOGY
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- RIVERSIDE WHORLTON
- WHORLTON AND WESTWICK PARISH COUNCIL
- 7 GRANGE TERRACE, WHORLTON, BARNARD CASTLE DL12 8UY-OBJECTS-MR RICHARD PROUD(FUL
- COMMENT 2
- COMMENT 3
- RIVERSIDE
- LANDSCAPE COMMENTS
- RIVERSIDE
- GARDEN HOUSE
- COACH HOUSE, WHORLTON, BARNARD CASTLE DL12 8XQ-SUPPORTS-MR FREDERIC ROBINEAU(FUL
- CLLR CAMPBELL
- PRESS NOTICE
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- SITE NOTICE
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- TECHNICAL NOTE
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ADDENDUM
- PLOT 01 REAR AND SIDE ELEVATION
- PLOT 02 FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATION
- PLOT 02 REAR AND SIDE ELEVATION
- TEESMOUTH NUTRIENT_BUDGET CALCULATOR MITIGATION LAND
- TEESMOUTH NUTRIENT BUDGET_CALCULATOR WITHOUT MITIGATION
- WHORLTON HALL COVERING LETTER
- STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL
- WHORLTON HALL MICRO-DRAINAGE CALCULATIONS
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- PROPOSED NEW BUILD SITE PLAN
- BNG ASSESSMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL REPORT - LAND AT WHORLTON
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL
- COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
- PROPOSED BOUNDARY TREATMENT PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- SPLOT 2 PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR & FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PLOT 01 FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- NUTRIENT NEUTRALITY MITIGATION PLAN
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN MITIGATION PLAN
- PROPOSED BAT AND BIRD HABITAT COMPENSATION PLAN
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County Durham granted permission on 9 June 2026, 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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