County Planning Committee

Recent meetings

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02 Jun 2026

1:00 pm

County Planning Committee - Tuesday, 2 June 2026 - 1.00 pm

12 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files

06 May 2026

1:00 pm

County Planning Committee - Wednesday, 6 May 2026 - 1.00 pm

CANCELLED

0 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files

01 Apr 2026

1:00 pm

County Planning Committee - Wednesday, 1 April 2026 - 1.00 pm

The County Planning Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday 1 April 2026 was set to discuss two significant planning applications. These included an outline application for a large commercial development and associated road infrastructure at Integra 61 Ph...

04 Mar 2026

1:00 pm

County Planning Committee - Wednesday 4 March 2026 1.00 pm

The County Planning Committee of Durham County Council met on Wednesday 4 March 2026, where they considered two planning applications. The committee approved an outline application for 156 dwellings in Coundon, despite objections regarding landscape impact ...

04 Feb 2026

1:00 pm

County Planning Committee - Wednesday 4 February 2026 1.00 pm

The County Planning Committee of Durham County Council met on Wednesday 04 February 2026 to determine several planning applications. The committee approved a full planning application for 105 new dwellings in Thornley and a hybrid planning application for d...

07 Jan 2026

County Planning Committee - Wednesday 7 January 2026 1.00 pm

CANCELLED

0 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files

03 Dec 2025

County Planning Committee - Wednesday 3 December 2025 1.00 pm

The County Planning Committee is scheduled to meet on 3 December 2025 to discuss several planning applications, including a solar farm, a housing development, and a community park. The committee will review reports and consider feedback from consultees and ...

05 Nov 2025

County Planning Committee - Wednesday 5 November 2025 1.00 pm

The County Planning Committee was scheduled to discuss five applications for development across County Durham. These included proposals for new housing developments in Brandon, Ushaw Moor, and Spennymoor, as well as a new retail development in Bishop Auckla...

20 Oct 2025

Special, County Planning Committee - Monday 20 October 2025 1.00 pm

The County Planning Committee met to discuss two planning applications. Councillors approved the application for 137 homes in Wheatley Hill, and approved the application for 79 homes in Pelton.

01 Oct 2025

County Planning Committee - Wednesday 1 October 2025 1.00 pm

At a meeting of the County Planning Committee, councillors debated plans for 81 new homes and a convenience store in Hawthorne, ultimately voting to refuse the application, and deferred a decision on 137 new dwellings in Wheatley Hill to seek further inform...

About

The County Planning Committee consists of 12 Members of the Council excluding Members of the Cabinet.

The Committee has the following functions:

To exercise the Council’s functions relating to Town and Country Planning and Development Control as set out in Section A of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Regulations, in relation to the following matters:

· Residential development proposals involving 200 or more dwellings or a site area of 4 hectares or more

· All non-residential development proposals (including commercial, retail and industrial developments) of 10,000 or more square metres floorspace or a site area of 2 hectares or more

· Development proposals involving the erection of two or more wind turbines where the output of each turbine is 1.5 MW or greater

· Applications for renewable energy developments

· All development proposals relating to minerals or waste

Development which in the opinion of the Head of Planning Services is of strategic significance, including strategic schemes promoted by the County Council.