Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,702 approved · 399 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nursery Garage Stangarth Lane Staindrop Darlington DL2 3LR
Received 21 Dec 2015The Oaks 5 The Crescent Blackhall Colliery Hartlepool TS27 4LH
Received 22 Dec 2015Site 7 Cold Hesledon Industrial Estate Cold Hesledon Seaham SR7 8ST
Received 22 Dec 2015Land Adjacent To Central Avenue Newton Aycliffe County Durham DL5 5QG
Received 22 Dec 2015Bankside House Stockton Road Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4SD
Received 22 Dec 2015Laing House High Ling Close Haswell Durham DH6 2BY
Received 21 Dec 2015Land To The East Of Weardale Park Patton Walk Wheatley Hill DH6 3QQ
Received 21 Dec 20151 Ashwood Meadows Horden Peterlee SR8 4BF
Received 21 Dec 2015Former Pets At Home Car Park Arnison Retail Centre Pity Me DH1 5GB
Received 22 Dec 2015A690 Specialist Cars Ltd Belmont Bridge Carrville Durham DH1 1LU
Received 21 Dec 201569 North Road West Wingate TS28 5AP
Received 21 Dec 2015East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG
Received 21 Dec 2015Land North Of 32 Fair View Burnhope DH7 0AR
Received 22 Dec 20156 Parklands Drive Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4TG
Received 22 Dec 2015Teesdale School Prospect Place Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 8HH
Received 22 Dec 20155-16 Vicarage Close And 1-24 The Garth Pelton Chester-le-Street DH2 1EF
Received 22 Dec 201525 Pennine Avenue Chester-le-Street DH2 3AX
Received 22 Dec 2015The Dancing Betty Dalton Park Murton SR7 9HU
Received 22 Dec 2015Pinder House Farm Ford Dike Lane Gainford Darlington DL2 3HG
Received 22 Dec 201567 Front Street Pity Me Durham DH1 5DE
Received 23 Dec 20153 & 4 Gladstone Terrace Station Town Wingate TS28 5DA
Received 21 Dec 201521 Alnwick Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5NL
Received 21 Dec 20156 The Forge Brancepeth Durham DH7 8EW
Received 22 Dec 20156 Holindale Spennymoor County Durham DL16 7UN
Received 23 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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