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                                                Teesdale
                                                District Council 'agreed in principle to additional tree planting to the south of the .. proposed site. 
                                                They also agreed in principle that a (further) lease .. be negotiated with the county council'.  This land lies to the
                                                south of the footpath.  (98) Darlington & Stockton Times, December 20 2002 | 
                                       
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                                                Later in the same day the county planning committee members 'expressed concern that the applicant .. appeared
                                                to be promoting a designated greenfield area covered with semi-mature trees as a site for built development'. (193)
                                                 Planning Committee minutes December 18 2002 
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                                                The resultant environmental consequences and conflict with landuse policies in the development plan, and the formal objection
                                                by .. Teesdale District Council .. were noted. (194) Planning Committee minutes December 18 2002  | 
                                       
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                                                The county planning committee resolved that: 'That determination of the submitted application be deferred for one month
                                                to allow for a general review …' (173) Planning Committee minutes December 18
                                                2002  | 
                                       
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                                                The report of the Head of Planning dated 18 December states: 'An informal footpath, which forms part of a short localised
                                                network, and for which local residents are claiming an established right of way, cuts through the site in the east and follows
                                                the edge of the site along the southern boundary'.    (It should not be forgotten that all the other tank tracks had already been stopped up.)     Later in the same report it says: 'No statutory rights of way are affected by the proposal'. (195-7) | 
                                       
                                          |  | click here to see when the application was registered on Nov 8 2002
                                              
                                                The date of a letter acknowledging receipt of the footpath users' application for an order to modify the Definitive Map
                                                and Statement by adding the footpath at Stainton Grove.  The letter also confirmed that all procedures had been complied
                                                with. (80) |