Planning application
Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB
Relates to DM/23/00745/FPA
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
New access from A688 to previously approved Greener Grid Park Site (ref DM/23/00745/FPA)
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02343/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02343/FPA
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 4 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 10 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Ferryhill
- Parish
- Ferryhill
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DH6 5LB
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/25/02713/CPO Granted
Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB
Installation of electrical cables
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DM/25/02276/VOC Awaiting decision
Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB
Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 10 (Construction Management Plan), and 11 (Construction Traffic) pursuant to consent DM/23/00745/FPA to establish a new vehicular access
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DM/25/02234/FPA Decided
Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB
New access from A688 to previously approved Greener Grid Park Site (reference DM/23/00745/FPA)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Sep 2026
Received by County Durham
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10 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 November 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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DM/23/00745/FPA Granted
Land East Of Spennymoor National Grid Station Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB
Construction of Greener Grid Park comprising of energy storage and grid balancing, along with associated infrastructure, landscaping and access
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
DWD Ltd Agent, registered in Cardiff
Dissolved · incorporated 1992 · Cardiff
218 applications on PlanIndex · across 69 councils · 96% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- SITE NOTICE
- LANDSCAPE PLAN REV J
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN REV E
- FRA AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY REV D
- BOLLARD LIGHTS - SPECS SHEET
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
- FIRE SAFETY REVIEW TECHNICAL MEMO REV C
- PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT COMBINED WITH GREENER GRID PARK FOR CONTEXT
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- PRESS NOTIFICATION
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- COVERING LETTER
Trade members open them from here.
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's median decision took 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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