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
Submission of details pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission 1/1994/0347 relating to decommissioning strategy for wind farm (amended description).
As published by the council, reference DM/25/02858/DRC
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/02858/DRC
- Type
- Details Reserved by Condition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 10 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 10 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 6 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Deerness
- Parish
- Hedleyhope
- Decision by
- DRC 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/25/02669/FPA Granted
Wind Farm At High Hedleyhope Farm High Hedleyhope Farm Road East Hedleyhope DL13 4PR
Temporary erection of a meteorological monitoring mast up to 100m in height, with guy wires and associated anemometry measuring equipment .
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Oct 2025
Received by County Durham
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6 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 6 February 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.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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