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.
7,713 approved · 433 refused · 387 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2014 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Barningham Park Barningham Richmond DL11 7DW
Received 14 Apr 201632 Bamburgh Drive Seaham SR7 7WH
Received 14 Apr 2016Davada West Auckland Road Shildon DL4 1PY
Received 14 Apr 2016Old Hall Allotments Stanhope Hall Stanhope County Durham
Received 14 Apr 2016Westgate Play Area Haswick Bridge Westgate County Durham
Received 14 Apr 2016Land And Buildings To The East Of Stockley Lodge Stockley Lane Oakenshaw Crook County Durham DL15 0TL
Received 13 Apr 201623 Canterbury Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5PY
Received 14 Apr 2016Building West Of The Ashes Mickleton Barnard Castle DL12 0LS
Received 15 Apr 2016Raisby Quarries Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe Durham DH6 4BB
Received 13 Apr 2016Adventure Valley Union Hall Farm Brasside Durham DH1 5SG
Received 15 Apr 2016Woodsmiths Cottage Rough Lea Farm Hunwick Crook County Durham DL15 0RH
Received 15 Apr 2016Observatory House Potters Bank Durham DH1 3RR
Received 14 Apr 20169 Lumley Drive Peterlee SR8 1NL
Received 12 Apr 2016Crakle House 11 - 12 West End Witton-le-Wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0BL
Received 14 Apr 201632 Barford Drive Chester-le-Street DH2 3HR
Received 15 Apr 2016Millburngate House Framwelgate Waterside Durham DH1 5TL
Received 15 Apr 20168 The Drive Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0DL
Received 15 Apr 2016162 Priors Grange High Pittington Durham DH6 1DE
Received 15 Apr 2016Lidl High Street South Langley Moor Durham DH7 8EU
Received 15 Apr 20166 Broadmeadows Bowburn Durham DH6 5DA
Received 15 Apr 201630 Rosecroft Pelton Chester-le-Street County Durham DH2 1NL
Received 15 Apr 2016North Barnley Eggleston Barnard Castle DL12 0BF
Received 15 Apr 2016Land And Building To The West Of 7 Middlefield Terrace Ushaw Moor DH7 7QE
Received 15 Apr 2016Robinsons 27 Front Street West Wingate TS28 5AA
Received 15 Apr 2016Records 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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