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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

9,875Searchable applications

956Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 7,689 approved or refused records

421Refused applications

7,268 approved · 421 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning information Planning Planning applications and advice.Contact planning Planning advice and enquiries

Council contacts

Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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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.

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More application records

DecidedDM/16/00977/FPA
Proposed erection of agricultural storage building
Glebe Farm Ebchester Hill Ebchester Consett DH8 6RX
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00978/AD
2 no. internally-illuminated free standing 7.5m pylon signs
Site Of Former LIdl New Road Crook County Durham DL15 8PU
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00979/FPA
Erection of single storey rear and side extension
11 Moorlands Crescent Blackhill Consett County Durham DH8 0JR
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00980/FPA
Erection of hay storage building, implement storage building and hatchery
Land To The South East Of Sandbed Bridge Ramshaw Lane Ramshaw Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 0NB
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00981/FPA
1 no. dwelling
Land At Hideaway Cotherstone Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 9PG
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00982/FPA
Erection of single storey rear extension
6 Highroad Avenue Bishop Middleham Ferryhill County Durham DL17 9BG
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00983/FPA
Two storey extensions to side and rear and internal alterations
4 Anns Place Durham Road Langley Moor County Durham DH7 8JY
Received 23 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00984/FPA
Detached Garage
Keverstone Forge Stables Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5RB
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00985/OUT
Erection of up to 240 dwellings, including details of associated vehicular access from a proposed roundabout on Middridge Road, with all matters reserved except for site access.
Land To The North Of Middridge Road Newton Aycliffe
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00986/OUT
Outline application for residential development of up to 21 units, including details of site access.
Land To The Rear Of 1 To 8 Wesley Terrace Castleside Industrial Estate Castleside DH8 9QB
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00987/FPA
Change of use of open space to private garden area (retrospective application).
Land Adjacent To 170 York Crescent Newton Hall Durham DH1 5QS
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDRC/16/00093
Discharge of conditions 13 (drainage) and 18 (Land Contamination) of planning approval DM/15/02881/VOC
Electricity Sub Station Enterprise Way Green Lane Industrial Estate Spennymoor
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDRC/16/00094
Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 14 relating to permission DM/15/01542/FPA
County Durham Development Co Netpark Incubator Thomas Wright Way NETPark Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3FD
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00988/PNT
Replacement and relocation of existing 11.7m high monopole for a 12.5m high monopole and installation of 3no. equipment cabinets and associated development
Telecommunication Mast Woodham Way Newton Aycliffe DL5 4RH
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00989/FPA
Erection of side and front extension including double garage.
Crookfield Farm Bungalow Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6DL
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00990/FPA
Erection of chamber to ground floor and flue within roofline
5 Lintfort Picktree Washington NE38 9HX
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00991/FPA
Erection of first floor side/rear extension
83 South Street Spennymoor DL16 7TX
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00992/LB
Listed Building Consent for the installation of external flue
6 Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett DH8 5TB
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00993/FPA
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
3 The Grove Fir Tree Crook County Durham DL15 8DD
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00994/NMA
Non material amendment to planning permission 4/09/00954/FPA
Cuthbert House High Pittington
Received 29 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00995/FPA
Demolition of existing single storey side and rear extensions and erection of two storey side and single storey rear extensions
40 Lakemore Peterlee SR8 1DZ
Received 24 Mar 2016
DecidedDRC/16/00096
Discharge of condition 10 (drainage) of planning approval DM/14/03787/OUT (erection of student development)
Berendsen Laundry Newcastle Road Nevilles Cross Durham DH1 4JE
Received 23 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00996/FPA
Two storey extension to side
11 Kirkham Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5LJ
Received 29 Mar 2016
DecidedDM/16/00997/FPA
Erection of single-storey extension at side of dwelling.
159 Taylor Avenue Bearpark Durham DH7 7AX
Received 29 Mar 2016

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Researching a proposal in Durham County Council

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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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