Planning Appeals
Making An Appeal
Applicants who have submitted a planning application to the County Council for minerals and waste development have a right to appeal against the Council's decision. There is no right of appeal, however, against a decision for an application submitted in relation to the County Council's own development.There are four main reasons for lodging an appeal against the County Council's decision, namely:
- If your application has been refused by the County Council;
- If you consider the conditions imposed on a permission to be inappropriate;
- If your application hasn't been determined within the time allowed for the type of application;
- If the County Council has served an enforcement notice against unauthorised development.
The deadline for submitting an appeal is six months from the date of the application decision letter. In cases where an application hasn't been determined on time, the appeal must be submitted six months from the date the decision should have been made.
How to Appeal
Only the applicant in whose name the application was made has a right to appeal. Other interested parties, including objectors to the application, cannot lodge appeals against the Council's decisions. However, once an appeal is lodged all representations received by the Council during the processing of the planning application will be sent to the Planning Inspectorate for consideration and assessment by the Inspector assigned to the case.Interested parties who made representations in relation to the planning application will be notified of the receipt of an appeal lodged against the Council's decision. This will provide them with the opportunity to make further representations if they wish.
To make a valid appeal you must use an official form which is available from:
Customer Support Unit
The Planning Inspectorate
Room 3/15 Eagle Wing
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6PN
Tel: 0117 3726372
Planning appeal forms can also be downloaded from the Planning Inspectorate website.
Further information on the appeals process is available on the Planning Inspectorate website or on the Planning Portal website.
Durham County Council Planning Appeals
Current appeals lodged against Durham County Council:To view details of the planning application on the online planning register, please click on the Application ref no. on the table below. (Updated 5 August 2008)
Recent Planning Appeal Decisions
| Application Ref no. | Appellant | Proposal | Decision |
| CMA/2/11 | W.M. Thompson (Earthworks) Ltd | Appeal against refusal of planning permission for proposed land improvement by spreading of construction waste soils to provide land for agriculture, woodland, ponds and wetland and new bridleway/cycle routes at Old Bush Landfill Site, near Ouston, County Durham | Appeal dismissed on 29 July 2008 Details of appeal against CMA/2/11 ruling, on the Planning Inspectorate website |
| 2/97/254 | Ms Sarah Dixon | Appeal against enforcement notice, at Plawsworth Quarry, Mill Lane, Plawsworth, Chester le Street, DH2 3LG | Dismissed on 20 May 2008 Details of appeal against 2/97/254 ruling, on the Planning Inspectorate website |
| CMA/7/54 | G Bolam Foods Limited | Appeal against refusal of planning permission for a proposed installation of chimney and incinerator for the disposal of animal waste at Salters Lane, Sedgefield Industrial Estate, Sedgefield, Co Durham, TS21 3EE. | Appeal allowed on 7 February 2008 Details of appeal against CMA/7/54 ruling, on the Planning Inspectorate website |
| CMA/2/6 | Mr S. Storey | Appeal against refusal of planning permission for a Waste Transfer Station at Tribley Farm, Hett Hills, Durham, DH2 3JU | Dismissed on 11 November 2004 |
| 3/97/624CM | Mr T W Walton | Appeal against enforcement notice, at John O’Tooles Quarry, Westerton, near Coundon, Sedgefield. | Dismissed on 6 June 2003 |
| No ref no. | Mr S Taylor | Appeal against enforcement notice, land comprising and adjacent to former Broom Filling Station, Ferryhill, Sedgefield. | Dismissed on 28 May 2003 |
| 4/00/338CM 4/01/510CM | Sherburn Sand Company Ltd | Appeal against refusal of planning permission to modify farm access / bridleway and for working scheme at Crime Rigg Quarry, Shadforth, Durham. | Dismissed |
| 5/99/494CM | Mrs M Surtees and Mrs N Mills | Appeal against refusal of planning permission for land drainage by deposition of inert material and associated off site drainage works at Hospital Farm, Haswell, Durham | Dismissed |
| 4/00/338CM | Clay Services Ltd. And Ibstock Brick Ltd. | Appeal against refusal of planning permission for extraction of brickshale, fireclay and coal by opencast methods and restoration to agriculture at Wheatley Head, Leamside, Durham. | Dismissed on 27 January 2003 |
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