Planning application
Kynren Flatts Farm Toronto Bishop Auckland DL14 7SF
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Creation of a venue known as the 'Viking Arena' including the erection of 3no. stands of tiered seating surrounding an oval arena, upturned Viking-longboat entrance feature and 2no. ancillary backstage buildings and associated footpaths, drainage, and landscaping. A covered seating facility known as 'The Hub', and associated footpaths, drainage, and landscaping.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00844/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00844/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Required
- Received
- 1 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 9 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 20 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Bishop Auckland
- Parish
- Bishop Auckland
- Decision by
- Committee
- Postcode
- DL14 7SF
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/00880/FPA Granted
Kynren Flatts Farm Toronto Bishop Auckland DL14 7SF
Creation of a stage set and seating area for a new attraction known as The Legend of the Wear including the erection of 6no. buildings, a water mill, connecting wooden pathways, a false island, a mechanical submerged stage within the Show Lake, a bridge over the Show Lake, visitor seating and associated footpaths, drainage, and landscaping.
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DM/23/01251/NMA Granted
Kynren Flatts Farm Toronto Bishop Auckland DL14 7SF
Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/16/01129/VOC to change the two training centre buildings to one training centre building
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Apr 2026
Received by County Durham
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9 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Required
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
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Pegasus Group Ltd Agent
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
49 documents on file for this application
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG REQUIRED
- SECRETARY OF STATE LETTER
- COMMENT 3
- COMMITTEE REPORT
- VIKING ARENA - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- BREEDON GOLDEN AMBER GRAVEL BROCHURE
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT (VIKING VILLAGE & THE HUB)
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL (VIKING VILLAGE & THE HUB)
- BNG METRIC (VIKING VILLAGE & THE HUB)
- CLLR RAMAGE
- COMMENT 2
- CLLR RAMAGE
- COMMENT 1
- COMMENT 1 - SUMMARY OBSERVATION ON NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- 11 THE GROVE
- COMMENT 1
- SERENNA LODGE, 2 DIAL STOB HILL, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 7QF-OBJECTS-MR CHRISTOPHER
- 3 DIAL STOB HILL
- COMMENT 1
- COAL AUTHORITY
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- BIODIVERSITY METRIC - VIKING ARENA AND HUB
- PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT - THE HUB
- THE HUB - PROPOSED PLAN
- PROPOSED BUILDING 2
- EXISTING SITE LAYOUT - VIKING VILLAGE EXTENSION
- PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT - VIKING VILLAGE EXTENSION
- VIKING ARENA - PROPOSED PLAN
- VIKING ARENA - PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- VIKING ARENA - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- VIKING ARENA - PROPOSED SECTIONS
- PROPOSED BUILDING 1
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- EIA COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
- COVERING LETTER
- FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT
- THE HUB DRAINAGE STATEMENT
- VIKING ARENA DRAINAGE STATEMENT
- PROPOSED LANDSCAPE STRATEGY - VIKING VILLAGE EXTENSION
- PROPOSED LANDSCAPE STRATEGY - THE HUB
- THE HUB - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- THE HUB - PROPOSED SECTIONS
- ROUND WOOD DESIGN MODEL
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE LAYOUT - THE HUB
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 20 July 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.
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