Planning application
Moor House Adventure Centre Moorhouse Farm Rainton Gate Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6QY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erection of steel building to form covered activity area
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00097/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00097/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 14 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 16 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 11 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Lumley And West Rainton
- Parish
- West Rainton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH4 6QY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Jan 2026
Received by County Durham
-
16 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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5 Sep 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending Consideration.
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11 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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15 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Decision.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: DM/18/03606/FPA (Decided)
- Application: DM/19/01534/FPA (Decided)
- Application: DM/19/03770/FPA (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
- FULL DELEGATED
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- THE COAL AUTHORITY
- MINING RISK ASSESSMENT
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN AND ABORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT
- THE COAL AUTHORITY
- SITE NOTICE
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- FRONT AND BACK ELEVATIONS
- GABLE ELEVATIONS
- AERIAL IMAGE SHOWING BARN HARD STANDING INCLUDING OUTLINE OF PROPOSED SITE
- BNG EXEMPTION STATEMENT
- PHOTO SHOWING POSITION OF PROPOSED STEEL BUILDING (1 OF 2)
- PHOTO SHOWING POSITION OF PROPOSED STEEL BUILDING (2 OF 2)
- BASE PLAN
- ROOF PLAN
- GABLE ELEVATIONS
- FRONT AND BACK ELEVATIONS
- CROSS SECTION
- SITE PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED BUILDING LOCATION 1:1250
- PROPOSED BUILDING LOCATION 1:500
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 11 September 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 this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on County Durham's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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