Planning application
Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of electrical cables
As published by the council, reference DM/25/02713/CPO
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/02713/CPO
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved subject to S106
- Received
- 30 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 1 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 27 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Ferryhill
- Parish
- Ferryhill
- Decision by
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
- Postcode
- DH6 5LB
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/02343/FPA Awaiting decision
Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB
New access from A688 to previously approved Greener Grid Park Site (ref DM/23/00745/FPA)
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DM/25/02276/VOC Awaiting decision
Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB
Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 10 (Construction Management Plan), and 11 (Construction Traffic) pursuant to consent DM/23/00745/FPA to establish a new vehicular access
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DM/25/02234/FPA Decided
Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB
New access from A688 to previously approved Greener Grid Park Site (reference DM/23/00745/FPA)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Sep 2025
Received by County Durham
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1 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approved subject to S106
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
DWD Ltd Agent, registered in Cardiff
Dissolved · incorporated 1992 · Cardiff
218 applications on PlanIndex · across 69 councils · 96% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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County Durham granted permission on 27 November 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.
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A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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