Planning application
Wind Farm At High Hedleyhope Farm High Hedleyhope Farm Road East Hedleyhope DL13 4PR
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Temporary erection of a meteorological monitoring mast up to 100m in height, with guy wires and associated anemometry measuring equipment .
As published by the council, reference DM/25/02669/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/02669/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 24 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 3 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 23 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Deerness
- Parish
- Hedleyhope
- Decision by
- Full Delegated
- Postcode
- DL13 4PR
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/00533/FPA Awaiting decision
Wind Farm At High Hedleyhope Farm High Hedleyhope Farm Road East Hedleyhope DL13 4PR
The installation of a substation and associated infrastructure to support the repowering of Hedley Hope Wind Farm.
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DM/25/02858/DRC Granted
Wind Farm At High Hedleyhope Farm High Hedleyhope Farm Road East Hedleyhope DL13 4PR
Submission of details pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission 1/1994/0347 relating to decommissioning strategy for wind farm (amended description).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Sep 2025
Received by County Durham
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3 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
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County Durham granted permission on 23 March 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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Wind Farm At High Hedleyhope Farm High Hedleyhope Farm Road East Hedleyhope DL13 4PR
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Granted Conditions 2 docs -
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Wind Farm At High Hedleyhope Farm High Hedleyhope Farm Road East Hedleyhope DL13 4PR
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