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Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/26/02162/FPA Full Planning Application

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Proposal

Temporary visitor centre at the EGL1 site compound for a period of up to 5 years (Resubmission)

As published by the council, reference DM/26/02162/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/26/02162/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
18 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
Murton
Parish
Murton
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DH6 2RX

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 13 applications since 2022: 10 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/26/01289/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of Condition 31 (Construction Management Plan) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 10 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • DM/26/01109/FPA Withdrawn

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Full planning application for a temporary visitor centre at the EGL1 site compound for a period of up to 5 years

    Decided 13 Aug 2026 Full applications
  • DM/26/00615/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of Condition 37 (Archaeological Reporting) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 1 Apr 2026 Conditions
  • DM/25/03471/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of Condition 29 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) pursuant to DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 19 Dec 2025 Conditions
  • DM/25/02767/RM Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Reserved Matters application (all matters, being details of the permanent access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of a substation on land to the west of Jade Business Park pursuant to DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 30 Jan 2026 Reserved matters
  • DM/25/02444/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of Condition 39 (Archaeological Reporting) of Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT Archaeological Strip, Map and Excavation Assessment Report

    Decided 29 Oct 2025 Conditions
  • DM/25/01752/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of conditions 23 (drainage), 27 (contaminated land), 33 (landscape implementation) and 34 (earth bunding details) pursuant to DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 28 Jan 2026 Conditions
  • DM/25/00777/DRC Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Discharge of Conditions 29 (Construction Traffic Management Plan), 31 (Construction and Environmental Management Plan) and 32 (Tree Protection) of Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT

    Decided 15 Aug 2025 Conditions
  • DM/24/00875/FPA Granted

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    The installation of electricity and fibre optic cabling between the Hawthorn Pit Solar Farm Substation and the National Grid Hawthorn Pit Substation and an access route associated with the Hawthorn Pit Solar Farm.

    Decided 29 Oct 2024 Full applications
  • DM/23/02902/VOC Withdrawn

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Variation of Condition 5 (Working Hours) of Planning Permission DM/22/00747/FPA

    Decided 13 Jan 2025 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Aug 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 19 Aug 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 14 October 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 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

The Environment Partnership Agent, registered in Warrington

Dissolved · incorporated 2009 · Warrington

22 applications on PlanIndex · across 14 councils · 100% granted

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Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

  • SITE NOTICE Site Notice · 17 Sep 2026
  • ECOLOGICAL VALIDATION Supporting Information · 18 Aug 2026
  • COVER LETTER Supporting Information · 18 Aug 2026
  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 18 Aug 2026
  • HAWTHORN PIT CDM & VISITOR CENTRE Drawing · 18 Aug 2026
  • BASELINE HABITATS Drawing · 18 Aug 2026
  • PLANNING, DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Supporting Information · 18 Aug 2026

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What 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.

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Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    DM/26/01109/FPA Submitted 1 May 2026 50 yards away

    Full planning application for a temporary visitor centre at the EGL1 site compound for a period of up to 5 years

    Withdrawn Full applications 6 docs

  • Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    DM/25/02767/RM Submitted 3 Oct 2025 150 yards away

    Reserved Matters application (all matters, being details of the permanent access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of a substation on land to the west of Jade Business Park pursuant to DM/22/01663/OUT

    Granted Reserved matters 30 docs

  • Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    DM/25/02444/DRC Submitted 3 Sep 2025 150 yards away

    Discharge of Condition 39 (Archaeological Reporting) of Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT Archaeological Strip, Map and Excavation Assessment Report

    Granted Conditions 2 docs

  • Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    DM/25/03471/DRC Submitted 15 Dec 2025 150 yards away

    Discharge of Condition 29 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) pursuant to DM/22/01663/OUT

    Granted Conditions 2 docs

  • Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    DM/26/01289/DRC Submitted 21 May 2026 150 yards away

    Discharge of Condition 31 (Construction Management Plan) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT

    Granted Conditions 2 docs

  • Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    DM/25/00777/DRC Submitted 19 Mar 2025 150 yards away

    Discharge of Conditions 29 (Construction Traffic Management Plan), 31 (Construction and Environmental Management Plan) and 32 (Tree Protection) of Planning Permission DM/22/01663/OUT

    Granted Conditions Trees 3 docs

In County Durham

  • DM/26/02340/FPA Awaiting decision

    Unit 8 Esh Winning Industrial Estate Esh Winning Durham DH7 9PT

    Erection of a steel-framed B2/B8 storage building (Retrospective)

    Received 4 Sep, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Full applications
  • DM/26/02306/FPA Awaiting decision

    6 Victoria Avenue Bishop Auckland DL14 7JH

    Change of use from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse). To include proposed residential accommodation comprising six bedrooms together with shared communal and ancillary spaces.

    Received 2 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Full applications
  • DM/26/02287/FPA Awaiting decision

    Durham C I U Headquarters Ltd Club Union House Flass Street Durham DH1 4EF

    Change of use of ground floor to Class E (b) for use as restaurant

    Received 1 Sep, published by the council 29 Sep 2026 Full applications
  • DM/26/01157/FPA Granted

    24 Birkdale Gardens Belmont Durham DH1 2UJ

    First floor side extension

    Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • DM/26/01154/FPA Granted

    2 Mill Court Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6DJ

    Two-storey side and rear extensions with decking

    Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications