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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Durham County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,674 approved · 397 refused · 304 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jan 2015 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
41 Morley Crescent Kelloe Durham DH6 4NW
Received 9 Dec 2015Mount Oswald (Phase 2A) South Road Durham DH1 3TQ
Received 10 Dec 201545 Station Road Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7PY
Received 10 Dec 2015Lidl High Street South Langley Moor Durham DH7 8EU
Received 10 Dec 201529 Dunelm Road Moorside Consett DH8 8HP
Received 10 Dec 2015Town End Farm High Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AR
Received 14 Dec 2015Land To The North Of Roundabout At The Junction Of A689 And A177 Sedgefield
Received 14 Dec 2015Esh Group Esh House Bowburn North Industrial Estate Bowburn Durham DH6 5PF
Received 15 Dec 2015Unit 35A Northfield Way Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6UF
Received 15 Dec 2015Riverside Sports Complex Riverside Chester-le-Street DH3 3QR
Received 15 Dec 2015Nisa Local Unit 1 Jubilee Road Shildon DL4 2AL
Received 15 Dec 2015Durham Crown Court Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HW
Received 11 Dec 2015Hawthorn Pumping Station Sunderland Road Hawthorn Seaham SR7 8RU
Received 17 Dec 2015Witton Hall Farm Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6SU
Received 16 Dec 201529 Market Place Middleton-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0QA
Received 16 Dec 2015Shotley Bridge Junior School Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0ES
Received 17 Dec 2015Hill Top Farm Hill Top Farm Road Winston Darlington DL2 3RR
Received 18 Dec 201528 Carrowmore Road Chester-le-Street DH2 3DY
Received 18 Dec 2015Land South Of Bowburn Sewage Works And West Of A688 Bowburn DH6 5NP
Received 21 Dec 2015The Future Business Park Darlington Road Shildon County Durham DL4 2RB
Received 18 Dec 2015East Underhurth Farm Forest-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 0HB
Received 18 Dec 2015Land To The South Of Hillcrest High Elm Park Elm Park Road Shotley Bridge DH8 6SD
Received 18 Dec 20154B Market Place Stanhope Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 2UJ
Received 21 Dec 2015Rokeby Villa 1 Percy Terrace Durham DH1 4DY
Received 21 Dec 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Durham County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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