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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
10,483Searchable applications
955Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 8,198 approved or refused records
434Refused applications

7,764 approved · 434 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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.

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More application records

  1. DecidedDM/16/01365/VOC

    Vary condition 10 of planning permission 1/2003/0356 to increase the occupancy of holiday let from 8 weeks to 48 weeks (11 months).

    Sycamore Cottage High Woodside Farm Woodside Bank Lanchester Consett DH8 7TG

    Received 26 Apr 2016
  2. DecidedDRC/16/00138

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 2, 4 and 5 of planning permission DM/15/02932/FPA for application (change of use to a single dwellinghouse) relating to details of landscaping, contaminated land and drainage

    Coach House And Agricultural Buildings Tribley Farm Hett Hills Pelton Fell DH2 3JU

    Received 26 Apr 2016
  3. DecidedDM/16/01366/FPA

    Two Storey Rear Extension

    44 Chestnut Court Toft Hill Bishop Auckland DL14 0TQ

    Received 27 Apr 2016
  4. DecidedDM/16/01367/TPO

    Removal of deadwood and crown reduction of 1 No. Oak Tree

    6 Chillingham Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5NA

    Received 27 Apr 2016
  5. DecidedDM/16/01368/TPO

    Felling of three trees and crown clean and deadwood of fifteen trees (TPO 5)

    Craigmore Ford Road Lanchester County Durham DH7 0SH

    Received 27 Apr 2016
  6. DecidedDM/16/01369/PA

    Prior Approval - Erection of steel frame agricultural building

    Brandon House Farm Thinford Road Cornforth Durham DH6 5PB

    Received 26 Apr 2016
  7. DecidedDRC/16/00139

    Discharge of condition no 3 (external materials), 4 (fenestration), 5 (means of enclosure), 8 (surface treatment), 9 (site investigation report) and 11 (landscaping) pursuant to planning application DM/15/03312/FPA

    Greenside 1 Tudhoe Village Spennymoor County Durham DL16 6LA

    Received 18 Apr 2016
  8. DecidedDM/16/01371/FPA

    Erection of part two-storey/part single-storey extension at side and rear of dwelling and erection of first floor extension to front (revised application).

    Southernwood 17 Quarryheads Lane Durham DH1 3DY

    Received 20 Apr 2016
  9. DecidedDM/16/01372/VOC

    Variation of condition 4 on planning permission 4/09/00088/FPA to allow opening hours till 3am 7 days a week (existing consent allows Friday and Saturday till 3am only with remainder of week till 11pm).

    86 Claypath Durham DH1 1RG

    Received 26 Apr 2016
  10. DecidedDM/16/01373/FPA

    Ground floor alterations and first floor extension to office building

    Par Petroleum Par House Lumley Sixth Pit Woodstone Village Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6DU

    Received 28 Apr 2016
  11. DecidedDM/16/01374/FPA

    Reinstatement of existing window to form new entrance door. Installation of external plant.

    53 - 57 Whitworth Terrace Spennymoor County Durham DL16 7LF

    Received 28 Apr 2016
  12. DecidedDRC/16/01375

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 of planning permission DM/15/03309/FPA relating to lighting.

    Kip Hill Garage Causey Road Stanley DH9 0LJ

    Received 28 Apr 2016
  13. DecidedDM/16/01376/VOC

    Variation of condition 2 of DM/14/00941/FPA relating to the design of the dwelling (plot 1)

    Plot 1 Village Farm The Village Murton Seaham SR7 9RP

    Received 25 Apr 2016
  14. DecidedDRC/16/00140

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Surface Water Drainage), 5 (Foul Water Drainage) and 6 (Contamination) persuant to planning approval ref: DM/15/03916/FPA

    The Future Business Park Darlington Road Shildon DL4 2RB

    Received 27 Apr 2016
  15. DecidedDM/16/01377/TPO

    T1 Sycamore - raise crown to 6m, thin by 10% and deadwood, T2 Lime, T3 Sycamore T4 Sycamore - raise crown to 6m and deadwood, T5 Sycamore - Fell, T6 Sycamore - remove the 2 lowest branches and deadwood, T7 Lime - Fell and replant, T8 Sycamore - raise crown to 4m and deadwood. The trees are protected by a TPO.

    9 Coppice Mount Crook DL15 9NY

    Received 27 Apr 2016
  16. DecidedDM/16/01378/OUT

    Outline application for demolition of public house and proposed 9 no. residential units (resubmission)

    Site Of The Former The Royal Arms Yoden Road Peterlee SR8 5DY

    Received 26 Apr 2016
  17. DecidedDM/16/01380/FPA

    Porch to front, two storey side extension and single storey rear extension

    10 Victoria Road Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 8HW

    Received 27 Apr 2016
  18. DecidedDM/16/01381/FPA

    Erection of first floor rear extension

    37 Pelaw Crescent South Pelaw Chester-le-Street DH2 2HU

    Received 27 Apr 2016
  19. DecidedDM/16/01382/FPA

    First floor extension to front to replace existing dormer window

    13 McMillan Drive Crook DL15 9GA

    Received 27 Apr 2016
  20. DecidedDM/16/01383/FPA

    Change of use of garage to enlarge existing residential accommodation

    Grooms Bungalow The Tilery Bradbury Stockton On Tees TS21 2ES

    Received 28 Apr 2016
  21. DecidedDM/16/01384/PNC

    Conversion from agricultural building to dwelling

    The Barn Lark Cottage Cowsley Lane Cornsay DH7 9EP

    Received 26 Apr 2016
  22. DecidedDM/16/01385/FPA

    Retrospective consent to convert integral garage in to hair salon, with hours of use Tue, Thur and Fri 9am until 3pm

    105 Manor Road Medomsley Consett DH8 6QL

    Received 28 Apr 2016
  23. DecidedDM/16/01386/NMA

    Non Material Amendments to permission DM/15/01743/FPA to allow alterations to parking and landscape areas in front of house type F, B and C.

    Site Of Former Cheveley House Brackendale Road Belmont DH1 2AD

    Received 21 Apr 2016
  24. DecidedDM/16/01387/FPA

    Change of use to vehicle storage compound.

    Land To The North Of Armstrong House Abbeywoods Business Park Pity Me DH1 5GH

    Received 26 Apr 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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