Planning application
Land To The West Of Newbridge Banks (Twizell Burn) Grange Villa Durham
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of micro hydropower scheme (15kW) on north bank of Twizell Burn, including intake, pipeline, turbine shed and buried power cable to Grange Villa Community Enterprise
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01661/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01661/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 29 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Sacriston And Witton Gilbert
- Parish
- Edmondsley
- Decision by
- Delegated
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jun 2026
Received by County Durham
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30 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
County Durham took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Derwent Hydro Developments Ltd Agent, a developer registered in Belper
Active · incorporated 2003 · Belper
1 application on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
- 7 EAST STREET
- LOCATION PLAN WITH PROW
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT - PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- 15 FRONT STREET
- 1 CO-OPERATIVE TERRACE
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- 1 CO-OPERATIVE TERRACE
- SITE NOTICE
- COMMENT 1
- COAL AUTHORITY
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- ANNEX D - FLOW GAUGING ASSESSMENT
- TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
- SCHEME COMPONENTS
- POWERHOUSE
- PIPE ROUTE - CULVERT EXIT
- INTAKE WORKS - OPTION B
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- SITE PLAN
- ANNEX E - PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided full applications in a median of 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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