Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Thrislington Quarry West Cornforth DL17 9EY

Granted County Durham DRC/21/00027 Details Reserved by Condition

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

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 4 (Site Water Monitoring and Management Plan) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/15/00127/MIN

As published by the council, reference DRC/21/00027

Application record

Reference
DRC/21/00027
Type
Details Reserved by Condition
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
5 Feb 2021
Validated
8 Feb 2021
Decided
28 Jun 2021
Ward
Bishop Middleham And Cornforth (Historic)
Parish
Cornforth
Decision by
DRC Delegated
Postcode
DL17 9EY

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/24/01652/MIN Awaiting decision

    Thrislington Quarry West Cornforth DL17 9EY

    Extraction of approximately 1.4 million tonnes of limestone and approximately 6.7 million tonnes of Basal Permian Sand until 2050; retention of aggregate recycling facility and concrete batching plant until 2050; provision to allow the importation of up to 0.35 million tonnes per annum of limestone from Cornforth Quarry until 2050; development of a further water mitigation pond; and a scheme for the progressive and final restoration, including provision to allow the importation of up to ~108,000 tonnes per year for up to 8 years of clean, inert materials to facilitate the restoration of two historic mine tips at Thrislington Quarry West and Thrislington Works, West Cornforth, Durham (Revised description)

    Submitted 19 Jun 2024 Other

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Feb 2021

    Received by County Durham

  2. 8 Feb 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 28 Jun 2021

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 26 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Wood Group UK Ltd Agent, registered in Aberdeen

Active · incorporated 2006 · Aberdeen

8 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils

Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.

See their track record

Documents

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

1 document on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

County Durham granted permission on 28 June 2021, 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 condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Tarmac Thrislington Quarry West Cornforth DL17 9EY

    DM/21/00091/WAS Submitted 12 Jan 2021 300 yards away

    Change of use from extraction area for working remaining limestone reserves and basal Permian sand to an aggregate recycling facility

    Granted Other 27 docs

  • Thrislington Quarry West Cornforth DL17 9EY

    DM/24/01652/MIN Submitted 19 Jun 2024 0.3 miles away

    93% historically approved · decision due ~29 Oct

    Extraction of approximately 1.4 million tonnes of limestone and approximately 6.7 million tonnes of Basal Permian Sand until 2050; retention of aggregate recycling facility and concrete batching plant until 2050; provision to allow the importation of up to 0.35 million tonnes per annum of limestone from Cornforth Quarry until 2050; development of a further water mitigation pond; and a scheme for the progressive and final restoration, including provision to allow the importation of up to ~108,000 tonnes per year for up to 8 years of clean, inert materials to facilitate the restoration of two historic mine tips at Thrislington Quarry West and Thrislington Works, West Cornforth, Durham (Revised description)

    Awaiting decision Other 168 docs

In County Durham

  • DM/26/01610/DRC Granted

    Land North Of The Old Chapel Colliery Road Bearpark DH7 7AU

    Discharge of conditions 6 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) and 7 (HMMP) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/03257/FPA.

    Received 22 Jun, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • DM/26/01596/DRC Granted

    37 - 38 Silver Street Durham DH1 3RD

    Discharge of condition 7 (management plan) pursuant to DM/24/01551/FPA

    Received 18 Jun, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • DM/26/01972/DRC Granted

    Bluestone Farm Low Lands Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5AW

    Discharge of Condition 18 (Archaeological Reporting) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/23/00486/FPA

    Received 29 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • DM/26/00325/DRC Granted

    1 Almoners Barn Durham DH1 3TZ

    Discharge of condition 3 (boundary treatments) pursuant to DM/24/03458/FPA

    Received 9 Feb, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • DM/26/01791/DRC Granted

    Caravan Park And Holiday Cottages Hillcrest Berry Bank Caldwell Richmond DL11 7UD

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Biodiversity Net Gain) pursuant to planning application DM/25/02699/FPA.

    Received 13 Jul, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Conditions