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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
9,293Searchable applications
956Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 7,195 approved or refused records
403Refused applications

6,792 approved · 403 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. DecidedDM/16/00186/FPA

    Creation of off street carpark and access ramp and installation of fencing.

    1 Poplar Street Waldridge Chester-le-street DH2 3SE

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  2. DecidedDM/16/00187/FPA

    Agricultural Cattle Building

    Whitehall Farm Rowley Consett DH8 9AN

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  3. DecidedDM/16/00192/FPA

    Erection of agricultural storage building and livestock handling pens with associated hardcore surfacing (amended plan received 08th Feb 2016)

    Priestburn Barn Blanchland County Durham

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  4. DecidedDM/16/00193/OUT

    Outline application with all matters reserved for erection of Industrial units (resubmitted)

    Land Opposite Cottages Wards End Tow Law County Durham

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  5. DecidedDM/16/00194/TPO

    Fell 1 No. Blue Spruce and 1 No. Silver Birch

    Tree Tops 5 Durham Road Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3DW

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  6. DecidedDM/16/00196/FPA

    Erection of freestanding information board.

    Land To The North Of 6 Taylor Avenue Bearpark

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  7. DecidedDM/16/00197/FPA

    Erection of freestanding information board

    Land To The South Of 21 Chestnut Grove Broom Lane Ushaw Moor

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  8. DecidedDM/16/00198/FPA

    Erection of public information board

    Grassed Land To The North West Of 21 Malcolm Avenue Quarrington Hill DH6 4QT

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  9. DecidedDM/16/00199/FPA

    Erection of freestanding information board

    Land To The North Of 10 The Larches Esh Winning DH7 9AF

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  10. DecidedDM/16/00200/FPA

    Erection of two storey side extension and single storey front extension

    1 Tees View Trimdon Village Trimdon Station TS29 6PR

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  11. DecidedDM/16/00201/PND

    Demolition of two blocks of redundant garages and reinstatement of the land with tarmac for car parking.

    Garage Block Ravensworth Court South Hetton

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  12. DecidedDM/16/00202/PND

    Demolition of redundant garages at Federation Square and Short Grove.

    Garage Block Federation Square Murton SR7 9BQ

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  13. DecidedDM/16/00203/FPA

    Outdoor storage

    St Cuthberts RC School Mill Road Seaham SR7 0HW

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  14. DecidedDM/16/00204/HRN

    Removal of hedgerow (to join two fields)

    Land To The North Of Woodham Lodge Rushyford County Durham DL17 0NH

    Received 15 Jan 2016
  15. DecidedDM/16/00205/FPA

    Erection of two storey rear extension.

    14 Summerfield Terrace Low Westwood Newcastle Upon Tyne NE17 7PR

    Received 20 Jan 2016
  16. DecidedDM/16/00206/FPA

    Erection of two storey extension to side of existing dwelling

    3 Rothley Avenue Horden Peterlee SR8 4AU

    Received 18 Jan 2016
  17. DecidedDM/16/00207/FPA

    Conversion of former working mens club (ground floor) to 2no. two bed flats

    Former Catchgate Excelsior C L B Ltd Hobsons Buildings North Road Catchgate Stanley DH9 8EU

    Received 20 Jan 2016
  18. DecidedDM/16/00208/FPA

    Replacement roof

    Mill House Mill Farm Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1NW

    Received 20 Jan 2016
  19. DecidedDM/16/00209/FPA

    Garden Room Extension

    Gibbet Hills House Douglas Lane Howden-le-Wear Crook DL15 8ED

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  20. DecidedDM/16/00210/LB

    Listed Building consent for a replacement roof

    Mill House Mill Farm Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1NW

    Received 20 Jan 2016
  21. DecidedDM/16/00211/FPA

    Pitched roof

    34 Warwick Place Peterlee SR8 2HA

    Received 18 Jan 2016
  22. DecidedDM/16/00212/FPA

    Change of Use for 1a Walton Terrace to Use of Front Room as a Barber Shop.

    1A Walton Terrace Castleside Consett DH8 9QJ

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  23. DecidedDM/16/00213/VOC

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 1/2013/0363 removal of apartment block and replacement 2 and 3 storey dwellings with road layout modifications (south east quadrant of site)

    Land South Of Fenwick Way Consett

    Received 20 Jan 2016
  24. DecidedDM/16/00215/FPA

    Erection of front elevation garage extension

    Westleigh Ford Crescent Lanchester Durham DH7 0SW

    Received 20 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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