Planning application
Spennymoor Electricity Substation (south) Thinford Lane Thinford
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Extension of part of the existing fence line and the installation of a Portable Relay Room (PRR).
As published by the council, reference DM/25/03387/PN56
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/03387/PN56
- Type
- Prior Approval Scenarios
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Decision
- Granted subject to conditions
- Received
- 1 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 1 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 19 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Ferryhill
- Parish
- Ferryhill
- Decision by
- Delegated
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 4 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/25/02514/DRC Granted
Spennymoor Electricity Substation (south) Thinford Lane Thinford
Discharge of Condition 5 (Coal Mining Investigation) of Planning Permission DM/22/00120/FPA
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DM/25/02056/DRC Awaiting decision
Spennymoor Electricity Substation (south) Thinford Lane Thinford
Discharge of Condition 10 (Archaeological Reporting) of Planning Permission DM/22/00120/FPA
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DM/24/02097/DRC Granted
Spennymoor Electricity Substation (south) Thinford Lane Thinford
Partial discharge of Condition 5 (Coal Mining Investigation and Assessment) of Planning Permission DM/22/00120/FPA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Dec 2025
Received by County Durham
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19 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Granted subject to conditions
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
1 document on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 19 December 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.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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