Bellway submits 81-home Hawthorn plans
Durham County Council will consider plans for a 15-acre site off Stockton road, which sits between other new-build sites that have been added to the village over the last couple of decades.
As well as houses and bungalows, Bellway intends to landscape half of the plot to include a recreation area, play area, an orchard, and wildlife habitats, and build an on-site convenience store.
Twelve of the homes will be designated affordable, including eight bungalows and four houses.
Martyn Earle, strategic land director (North) for Bellway, said: “Hawthorn is a well-connected village which is well placed to accommodate new homes.
“This development has been designed to provide facilities that are currently lacking, including affordable bungalows, a shop, and new public open space which would provide the missing link between the existing residential areas.
“Sustainability sits at the heart of the plan, with footpaths and cycle paths linking the new homes to the village and public transport connections to Hartlepool, Sunderland, and Durham.
“The new residents would be living in low-carbon homes heated by electric air source heat pumps.”