KEEPMOAT HOMES PROJECT DESCRIPTION Erection of 234 new dwellings, 84 of which are proposed to be affordable (36%) with associated infrastructure and landscaping. The proposed development site is situated to the east of Brenda Road and south of Seaton Lane. The proposed development site comprises brownfield land to the north and west [...]

MILLER HOMES, DELVES LANE, CONSETT PROJECT DESCRIPTION New homes will be built in a County Durham town after a multi-million-pound residential development was given the green light. The news will now see a mix of 288 three to five-bedroomed bungalows, semi-detached and detached houses built by Miller Homes on a 17-hectare site [...]

NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON LAND AT ELTRINGHAM WORKS, PRUDHOE PROJECT DESCRIPTION Reserved matters application for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 48 no. dwellings (as amended) pursuant to planning permission 15/03750/OUT (construction of 50 no. dwellings). OUTCOMES REQUIRED / MET Planning Permission for Reserved Matters and Discharge of Condition. Approval “The [...]

NEW RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS, ST LAWRENCE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE PROJECT DESCRIPTION A new £9m apartment complex overlooking the River Tyne near Ouseburn is set to go ahead following unanimous planning approval, secured by Hedley Planning Services. A six-storey residential scheme by developer A&A Properties will now be built on derelict land off [...]

Wind Turbine ‘Repowering’ Hedley Planning were approached to prepare, submit and manage an application relating to the ‘repowering’ of an existing wind turbine at a farm in Thorpe-le-Street, East Yorkshire to address rapidly rising energy costs. ‘Repowering’ is considered to mean the replacement of some or all of an existing turbine’s infrastructure [...]

Isle of Man Solar Tracker Hedley Planning submitted plans for a new solar array on the Isle of Man which were given the green light, for the erection of three pole-mounted photovoltaic trackers, the first of their kind on the Isle of Man. Each tracker contained 36 photo voltaic panels and will [...]

WIND TURBINE PUBLIC CONSULTATION The use of wind-generated power is nothing new. For hundreds of years, farmers have harnessed the wind’s energy to help them run their businesses. The current challenging economic and environmental climates places ever-increasing demands on farmers and rural business owners to operate their businesses in a sustainable way [...]

RURAL DIVERSIFICATION Rural diversification can come in many forms. Some farmers may want to explore alternative agricultural activities such as rearing rare breeds or unusual livestock, growing specialist crops, or perhaps investing in new technologies such as renewable energy in the form of wind farms.Others farmers are looking to non-agricultural sectors. According to [...]

DUNLEYFORD FARM NEW AGRICULTURAL WORKER’S DWELLING A controversial eight-year long battle by a Lanchester farming couple to transform their farming business has been won after revised plans got the green light. The approval will see ambitions by local farmer Tony White and his wife Norma to have a permeant residential dwelling on [...]

PROMOTION OF LAND AT SEAHAM GRANGE FARM THROUGH THE EMERGING LOCAL PLAN TO DELIVER MUCH NEEDED HOUSING GROWTH FOR THE REGION PROJECT DESCRIPTION County Durham’s Sustainable Community Strategy (2014) sets out the direction for the County’s development up to 2030, its ambition is: “to create sustainable places where people want to live, [...]