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Land To The West Of Willow Tree Cottage East Hedleyhope DL13 4PR

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/26/02847/VOC Amendments

Relates to DM/24/01933/VOC

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Proposed variation of condition 4 of Application Reference Number: DM/24/01933/VOC (wind farm time extension) to extend the operational lifetime of the wind farm to allow the continued generation of renewable energy from an established site until 31st March 2030, and additionally to allow future alignment of the decommissioning with the proposed repowering (currently under consideration).

As published by the council, reference DM/26/02847/VOC

Application record

Reference
DM/26/02847/VOC
Category
Amendments
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
23 Oct 2026
Validated
24 Oct 2026
Ward
Deerness
Parish
Hedleyhope
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DL13 4PR

Comment by 23 November 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to County Durham through their own planning portal.

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/24/01933/VOC Granted

    Land To The West Of Willow Tree Cottage East Hedleyhope DL13 4PR

    Variation of condition 8 of planning permission 1/1999/0429/DMFP (Three wind turbines, connection building, cable trenches and associated access tracks) to extend the duration of operations to no later than 31 March 2027.

    Decided 5 Nov 2024 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Oct 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 24 Oct 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 2 Nov 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 19 December 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.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • DM/24/01933/VOC Granted

    Land To The West Of Willow Tree Cottage East Hedleyhope DL13 4PR

    Variation of condition 8 of planning permission 1/1999/0429/DMFP (Three wind turbines, connection building, cable trenches and associated access tracks) to extend the duration of operations to no later than 31 March 2027.

    Decided 5 Nov 2024 Amendments

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 amendment applications in a median of 47 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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