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Durham County Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Durham County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
9,838Searchable applications
956Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 7,656 approved or refused records
421Refused applications

7,235 approved · 421 refused · 345 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2014 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas92 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

More application records

  1. DecidedDM/16/00930/FPA

    Erection of single storey flat roofed extension to rear of existing dwelling

    18 Ivy Avenue Seaham SR7 8NG

    Received 18 Mar 2016
  2. DecidedDM/16/00931/FPA

    Erection of side and front extension including pitched roof, and conversion of garage to habitable room

    46 Redmires Close Ouston Chester-le-Street DH2 1SB

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  3. DecidedDM/16/00932/AD

    Advertisement Consent for the display internally illuminated aluminium box sign with push through letters (Illumination through letters only), totem sign and4 x A1 lightbox poster panels (Amended Description)Non-Illuminated totem signage panel

    Bridge Garage Horndale Avenue Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6DR

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  4. DecidedDM/16/00933/FPA

    Partial Demolition and Extension of Existing Ballroom, including new W.C. facilities, Entrance and Rooflights

    Ramside Hall Hotel Ramside Durham DH1 1TD

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  5. DecidedDM/16/00934/LB

    Partial Demolition and Extension of Existing Ballroom, including new W.C. facilities, Entrance and Rooflights (Listed Building Consent)

    Ramside Hall Hotel Ramside Durham DH1 1TD

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  6. DecidedDM/16/00935/FPA

    Proposed revised egress arrangements from caravan storage area extension - approval DM/14/03695/FPA

    Woodstone Caravan And Container Storage Lumley Sixth Pit Woodstone Village Houghton-le-Spring County Durham DH4 6DU

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  7. DecidedDM/16/00936/TPO

    Various Works to Trees covered by Tree Preservation Order

    56A And 60 High West Road Crook DL15 9NT

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  8. DecidedDRC/16/00086

    Discharge of condition 3 of application DM/15/03942 relating to landscaping

    The Dancing Betty Dalton Park Murton SR7 9HU

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  9. DecidedDM/16/00937/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    Downeys Fish And Chips 5 North Terrace Seaham SR7 7EU

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  10. DecidedDM/16/00938/FPA

    Erect a concrete sectional garage to replace 2 No. existing timber garages

    10 Pennine Gardens Stanley DH9 6QT

    Received 22 Mar 2016
  11. DecidedDM/16/00939/FPA

    Change of use from public open space to private garden and vehicular driveway.

    Manor House Palmers Terrace Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AN

    Received 22 Mar 2016
  12. DecidedDM/16/00940/TCA

    Felling of one Leylandii tree (Section 211 Notice)

    14 Lee Hill Court Lanchester Durham DH7 0QE

    Received 22 Mar 2016
  13. DecidedDRC/16/00087

    Discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 4 (drainage), 6 (art), 8 (landscaping), 10 (archaeology) and 12 (contaminated land) APPROVED, Condition 5 (access road) PART DISCHARGED pursuant to DM/14/02294/FPA for the erection of 12no. bungalows with associated access road and landscaping

    Development Site To The Rear Of Wylam Terrace Coxhoe

    Received 17 Mar 2016
  14. DecidedDM/16/00942/TCA

    T1 Plum - reduce overall height to 3m and remove deadwood, T2, T3 and T5 Plum - fell, T4 - remove diseased branches and deadwood and T6 Plum - tidy damaged limb, remove diseased branches and deadwood in conservation area

    45 The Causeway Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AZ

    Received 22 Mar 2016
  15. DecidedDM/16/00943/FPA

    Erection of first floor side extension.

    42 Westmorland Way Newton Aycliffe DL5 4LP

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  16. DecidedDM/16/00944/FPA

    Single storey extension to living room & external balcony to rear.

    North Rise North Lane Gainford Darlington DL2 3EU

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  17. DecidedDM/16/00945/FPA

    Erection of single storey rear extension in place of existing conservatory

    21 Windsor Close Newton Aycliffe DL5 4YF

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  18. DecidedDRC/16/00088

    Discharge of conditions 3 (roof materials), 4 (stone sample panel), 5 (joinery details) and 6 (heads and cills) pursuant to planning permissions DM/14/03727/FPA and DM/14/03729/LB

    Low Fawnlees Farm Low Fawnlees Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3LP

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  19. DecidedDM/16/00948/FPA

    Change of use from Public House (Class A4) to self catering holiday accommodation

    The Nags Head 8 West End Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2BW

    Received 22 Mar 2016
  20. DecidedDRC/16/00089

    Discharge of Conditions 3 and 9 in relation to permission DM/15/02243/FPA

    Land East Of Agnew Community Centre And North Of Woodham Way Newton Aycliffe

    Received 22 Mar 2016
  21. DecidedDM/16/00949/FPA

    New shopfrontage and air conditioning condensers to the rear

    Bridge Garage Horndale Avenue Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6DR

    Received 22 Mar 2016
  22. DecidedDM/16/00950/FPA

    Erection of two storey and single storey extensions to rear (resubmission).

    The Sycamores Grange Farm High Shincliffe Durham DH1 2FB

    Received 22 Mar 2016
  23. DecidedDRC/16/00090

    Discharge of Conditions 3, (Materials), 4 (Details of Means of Access), 5 (Scheme of Noise Attenuation), 6 (Landscape Plan), 7 (Tree Protection Plan) and 8 (Means of Foul and Surface Water Drainage) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/15/01861/FPA

    Land At The North West Of Former Cemex Concrete Batching Plant St Helen Way St Helen Auckland DL14 9AJ

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  24. DecidedDM/16/00951/FPA

    Replacement of existing fully glazed conservatory with a natural slate pitched roof with stone pillars and glazed windows to match the existing building and erection of a semi-enclosed porch.

    Oakdale House Vindomora Road Ebchester Consett DH8 0PQ

    Received 22 Mar 2016

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What these statistics cover

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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