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Creating high quality family homes in County Durham

We’re excited to share our early plans for around 80 new family homes on Whitwell Acres, on the southeast edge of High Shincliffe. Our goal is to create a welcoming, high-quality development that adds to the charm of High Shincliffe while helping to meet the local need for family homes. Plans include a mix of sustainable homes designed with features like air source heat pumps and electric vehicle charging points to support greener living.

Come and meet us

We’d love to invite you to one of our two consultation events to find out more about the plans. It’s a chance to meet the team, ask questions, and put forward ideas that could help shape the project and benefit your local community, to book a place at one of our consultation events, please email here

Tuesday 25 November 2025, 2:30pm – 7pm
ST MARY’S CHURCH HALL
High Street North, Shincliffe, Durham, DH1 2NJ

Wednesday 3 December 2025, 2pm – 7pm
BOWBURN COMMUNITY CENTRE
Durham Road, Bowburn, DH6 5AT

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Contact: Highshincliffe@banksgroup.co.uk
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Project timeline

Autumn 2025

Community consultation

Winter 2025/2026

Outline planning application submitted

Winter 2026/2027

Reserve matters planning submission

Autumn 2027

Reserve matters planning determination

Winter 2027/2028

Construction work begins

KEY PROJECT FACTS

• Delivery of up to 80 energy efficient homes with a good sustainability rating
• Close to facilities in High Shincliffe and Bowburn, with bus services into Durham City
• Good links to cycle and footpath networks allowing quick access into the wider Durham countryside
• Provision of 35% affordable housing
• Provision of bungalows
• Minimum of 10% biodiversity net gain

SUSTAINABILITY
• A sustainable urban drainage system (SuDS) pond will be used to manage drainage and create natural habitat
• A primary school and local pub are within a short walk of the site
• All homes fitted with air source heat pumps and electric vehicle (EV) charging points to help reduce carbon emissions

Why High Shincliffe?
• New housing developments like this one in High Shincliffe will help communities thrive and provide much needed housing in the locality
• Investment in High Shincliffe will ensure it remains one of the most attractive villages to live in County Durham
• Nearby public transport links to Durham makes this a sustainable location to create new homes
• New residents would help support local amenities and community services

Meet Kate Culverhouse

Community relations manager

Kate is your community relations manager for the High Shincliffe proposal and is keen to know your community better and find out how you think it could benefit from our proposals. If you are unable to make it to one of the consultation events, but would like to ask questions or share your views, you can write to or email Kate on Highshincliffe@banksgroup.co.uk

We believe that the communities that host our projects should share the benefits. The High Shincliffe development would bring a wide range of social, environmental and economic benefits (see below).

Progress so far

Over the last few months, we have been undertaking site surveys to gather information that has allowed us to develop a masterplan for the site. In doing so, we have considered ecology, heritage, landscape, highways and design. We are now keen to share our plans to understand feedback from the community and continue to develop our plans for the site.