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Land To The West Of Chapel House Chapel Terrace Rookhope DL13 2AH

Granted County Durham DM/26/00896/PNME Prior Notification Mineral Exploration

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Prior Notification under Class K of Part 17 of Schedule 2 of the GDPO 2015 for exploratory auger drilling at the Rookhope dump site

As published by the council, reference DM/26/00896/PNME

Application record

Reference
DM/26/00896/PNME
Type
Prior Notification Mineral Exploration
Status
Decided
Decision
Raise No Objection
Received
7 Apr 2026
Validated
7 Apr 2026
Decided
1 May 2026
Ward
Weardale
Parish
Stanhope
Decision by
Fast Track
Postcode
DL13 2AH

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • Land To The West Of Chapel House Chapel Terrace Rookhope DL13 2AH

    Prior Notification under Class K of Part 17 of Schedule 2 of the GPDO 2015 for exploratory trenching at the Rookhope dump site

    Decided 14 Sep 2026
  • SCR/25/00025 Decided

    Land To The West Of Chapel House Chapel Terrace Rookhope DL13 2AH

    Request for Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for the remediation of the former Boltsburn Mine spoil mound

    Decided 30 Mar 2026 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Apr 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 1 May 2026

    Decision issued: Raise No Objection

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

County Durham granted permission on 1 May 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 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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