Planning application
Land On The East Side Of Addison Road Toronto
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Full application for the installation, construction, operation and decommissioning of a circa. 27MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm with associated infrastructure which include substation, transformers, site access improvements, landscaping, CCTV, fencing and underground cable.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00218/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00218/FPA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 28 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 28 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 7 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Crook
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Committee
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
-
DM/26/00706/VOC Awaiting decision
Land On The East Side Of Addison Road Toronto
Variation of condition 4 (landscaping) of planning approval DM/01134/FPA to amend the road surfacing materials of the main access road and spine road, and the site ring road from a stone surface to a tarmac surface.
-
SCR/25/00020 Decided
Land On The East Side Of Addison Road Toronto
Request for Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for a proposed solar farm referred to as Toronto Green Energy Park
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
28 Jan 2026
Received by County Durham
-
20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
7 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Refused
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
126 documents on file for this application
- REFUSAL FPA
- COMMITTEE REPORT
- CONSULTANT COMMENTS
- NPPF COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
- OUTLINE DECOMMISSIONING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
- 35 HIGH ESCOMB
- OVERPLANTING STATEMENT
- OVERPLANTING STATEMENT
- APPLICANT'S PLANNING BALANCE STATEMENT
- 67 THE WYND WYNYARD-SUPPORTS-MR JAMES GOSSOW(FULL)
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT REPORT
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- BNG METRIC
- RESPONSE TO LPA COMMENTS
- DURHAM BIRD CLUB
- COMMENT 8
- COMMENT 7
- COMMENT 6
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- NATURAL ENGLAND APPENDIX A
- NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED
- THE COAL AUTHORITY
- 5 ST JOHN'S WALK
- ECOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- ACTIVE TRAVEL ENGLAND
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMNET REPORT
- THE STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC
- CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- AMENDED DOCUMENTS COVERING LETTER
- OUTLINE HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- INDICATIVE LAYOUT P1
- INDICATIVE LAYOUT P2
- INDICATIVE LAYOUT P3
- TREE OFFICER COMMENTS
- CPRE
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- 7 DEWBERRY COURT, ETHERLEY DENE, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 0TR-OBJECTS-MR STEPHEN GRA
- RIGHT OF WAY
- 30 PARK ROAD
- WOODSIDE LODGE, WOODSIDE, WITTON PARK, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 0DU-OBJECTS-MR NICK
- KINGSWAY COURT, 54 KINGSWAY, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 7JF-SUPPORTS-MRS SARAH HARRIS(
- 30 PARK ROAD, WITTON PARK, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 0EN-OBJECTS-MR ANDREW REYNOLDS(F
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- 30 PARK ROAD
- 35 HIGH ESCOMB
- NORTHUMBRIAN WATER
- ABBYBECK HOUSE 44 WOODSIDE
- TORONTO HOUSE ADDISON ROAD
- THE COAL AUTHORITY
- 2 PARADISE LANE
- 5 ST JOHN?S WALK
- COMMENT 4
- 1 ROSEWOOD WYND
- 29 HIGH ESCOMB
- COMMENT 5
- THE BUNGALOW 29 HIGH ESCOMB
- SMALL LEAZES FARM
- THE COTTAGE, WADSWORTH FARM, HIGH GRANGE, CROOK DL15 8AU-OBJECTS-MR STUART HALL(
- COMMENT 3
- COMMENT 3
- THE PADDOCKS
- 4 SYCAMORE GROVE, WILLINGTON, CROOK DL15 0BW-OBJECTS-MR DAVID ELMS(FULL)
- SITE NOTICE
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- 2 HIGH ESCOMB, ESCOMB, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 7ST-OBJECTS-MISS NICOLA BOLTON(FULL)
- 3 ST JOHNS WALK
- 27 SAXON GREEN, ESCOMB, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 7SY-OBJECTS-MRS ANN BROWN(FULL)
- 37 ADDISON ROAD
- 7 CORONATION TERRACE, HUNWICK, CROOK DL15 0LN-OBJECTS-MS HELEN JEFFERY(FULL)
- WADSWORTH FARMHOUSE
- THE WICKETS
- COMMENT 1
- COMMENT 2
- 3 GRANVILLE ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 6UD-OBJECTS-MS LORRAINE TROTTER(FULL)
- PRESS NOTICE
- ACTIVE TRAVEL ENGLAND
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- TYPICAL INVERTER DETAILS
- TYPICAL MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT DETAILS
- TYPICAL WELD -MESH FENCE DETAILS
- INDICATIVE LAYOUT
- INDICATIVE LAYOUT
- INDICATIVE LAYOUT
- COVERING LETTER
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT
- COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT REPORT
- BNG MATRIX
- SITE LOCATION
- SITE SECTION REPORT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- AGRICULTURAL LAND CLASSIFICATION SURVEY REPORT
- CONSULTATION REPORT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT STATEMENT
- TYPICAL 132KV TRANSFORMER DETAILS
- TYPICAL DEER FENCE DETAILS.
- TYPICAL SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL DETAILS - A
- TYPICAL SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL DETAILS - B
- TYPICAL 20FT CONTAINER DETAILS
- TYPICAL TRANSFORMER DETAILS
- TYPICAL PALISADE FENCE DETAILS
- TYPICAL TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND DETAILS
- PHASE 1 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL & GROUND CONDITIONS DESK STUDY
- OUTLINE HABITIAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN
- NOISE ASSESSMENT FOR PLANNING
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- TORONTO ENERGY PARK_INDICATIVE LAYOUT REVJ
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC GLINT AND GLARE STUDY
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- SOCIP-ECONOMIC BENEFITS STATEMENT
- CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL SURVEY REPORT
- RESIDENTIAL PHOTOMONTAGES
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
County Durham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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.