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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
9,245Searchable applications
955Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 7,150 approved or refused records
401Refused applications

6,749 approved · 401 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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/16/00031/FPA

    Erection of 4no. dwellings with access road

    Land East Of Wolsingham Industrial Estate Durham Road Wolsingham County Durham DL13 3JB

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  2. DecidedDM/16/00032/VOC

    Removal of condition 3,4, 5 and 6 of planning permission DM/15/01892 which was for a dwelling , the conditions relating to agreement of materials, submission of contaminated land survey, surface water drainage details and access improvements

    Belmont House Stanley Street Consett DH8 6LN

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  3. DecidedDM/16/00033/FPA

    2 no. air conditioning condenser units and 2 no. extraction grills.

    Former Car Park (Future Unit Q) Arnison Retail Centre Pity Me DH1 5GB

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  4. DecidedDM/16/00034/AD

    3 no. fascia signs and 2 no. internal window graphics

    Former Car Park (Future Unit Q) Arnison Retail Centre Pity Me DH1 5GB

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  5. DecidedDM/16/00035/FPA

    Erection of second storey pitched roof extension to side and rear and single storey pitched roof extension to rear

    7 Coniston Close Belmont Durham DH1 2UQ

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  6. DecidedDM/16/00036/PND

    Prior notification for demolition of garage block

    Garage Block Hollin Crescent Romaldkirk DL12 9EN

    Received 23 Dec 2015
  7. DecidedDM/16/00037/TCA

    25% crown reduction and crown lift of 1 no. Plum tree (T1) and removal of 1 no. Sycamore (T2)

    30 North End Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3BT

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  8. DecidedDM/16/00038/FPA

    Extension of existing stable building to form residential dwelling with formation of new vehicular access and refurbishment of existing stable block (AMENDED PLANS 24/03/16 SHOWING REDUCED DWELLING AND ALTERATIONS TO BOUNDARY STONE WALL)

    Land East Of Spring Lodge Newgate Barnard Castle County Durham

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  9. DecidedDM/16/00039/FPA

    Construction of new BOC compound area with 2.4m high palisade fence; relocating 6 parking spaces and construction of new ramp from adopted highway to building; installation of new electric sliding gates and 2.4m high green palisade fence around new contractor parking area.

    Nicholsons Sealing Technologies Amos Drive Greencroft Industrial Park Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7YE

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  10. DecidedDM/16/00040/FPA

    Low access ramp to front elevation (retrospective)

    3 Mulberry Coxhoe Durham DH6 4SN

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  11. DecidedDM/16/00041/FPA

    Erection of single storey pitched roof extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling

    6 Mere Drive Pity Me Durham DH1 5DD

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  12. DecidedDM/16/00042/FPA

    Erection of single storey extensions to rear and detached garden store.

    38 Rosemount Pity Me Durham DH1 5GA

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  13. DecidedDM/16/00043/FPA

    Erection of two storey extension to front, single storey extension to side and rear

    9 St Oswalds Drive Durham DH1 3TE

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  14. DecidedDM/16/00044/FPA

    Erection of single storey pitched roof extension to side of existing dwelling

    75 Frankland Road Framwellgate Moor Durham DH1 5JA

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  15. DecidedDM/16/00046/FPA

    Erection of part two-storey/part single-storey extension at rear of dwelling.

    51 Brandon Village Durham DH7 8SU

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  16. DecidedDM/16/00047/PNT

    Prior notiification for the provision of a 15m high slimline lattice mast, 1 no. omni antenna located at the top of the slimline mast (overall height of the installation with the slimline antenna is 17.75m) with associated equipment cabinets and ancillary works including a fenced compound.

    Gas Distribution Station Woodland Road Bearpark DH7 7PW

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  17. DecidedDM/16/00048/TPO

    Crown reduce and reshape by 1 metre of three Sycamore trees and crown reduce and reshape by 0.5 metres of one Sycamore tree (TPO 160)

    31 Handley Cross Medomsley Consett DH8 6TZ

    Received 5 Jan 2016
  18. DecidedDM/16/00049/FPA

    Construction of new storage compound with 2.4m green palisade fencing

    Croft House Amos Drive Greencroft Industrial Park Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7YE

    Received 6 Jan 2016
  19. DecidedDM/16/00050/FPA

    Erection of two storey side extension (including demolition of existing detached garage), and single storey rear extension (Resubmission of previously approved ref DM/15/02186/FPA)

    11 Cleveland Avenue Bishop Auckland DL14 6AR

    Received 6 Jan 2016
  20. DecidedDM/16/00051/PND

    Prior notification for demolition of 2no garage block (12 garages in total)

    Garage Blocks Leekworth Gardens Middleton-in-Teesdale DL12 0TE

    Received 4 Jan 2016
  21. DecidedDM/16/00052/TPO

    T1 Lime - Fell tree protected by a TPO

    20 Sherwood Close Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 8LW

    Received 4 Jan 2016
  22. DecidedDM/16/00053/TCA

    Removal of deadwood from ash (T1); removal of elder (T2); 25% reduction and removal of deadwood of horse chestnut (T3); reduction of lowest limb over garden by 1m & 10% thin, reduce all other overhanging limbs by 1-2m and removal of deadwood of sycamore (T4): reduce overhang by 2 m of sycamore (T5), reduce overhang of sycamore by 1m of sycamore (T6) and crown raise by 2.4m of beech (T7)

    St Michaels Church Church Street Bishop Middleham

    Received 6 Jan 2016
  23. DecidedDM/16/00054/FPA

    Single storey rear extension and porch to front

    129 Toft Hill Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 0JB

    Received 6 Jan 2016
  24. DecidedDM/16/00055/FPA

    Enlargement of existing car park, change of use of grassed area to staff/ visitor car parking.

    JKL Mouldings St Johns Road Meadowfield Industrial Estate Meadowfield Durham DH7 8XQ

    Received 6 Jan 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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