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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
9,346Searchable applications
956Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 7,241 approved or refused records
405Refused applications

6,836 approved · 405 refused · 311 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/16/00311/TPO

    Crown lift to 4 metres and removal of deadwood of one lime tree (T1) protected by a tree preservation order.

    2 Bishops Gate Durham DH1 4JU

    Received 27 Jan 2016
  2. DecidedDM/16/00312/FPA

    Erection of first floor/two storey side extension, single storey front extension and canopy, and replacement extension to rear

    3 Colburn Avenue Newton Aycliffe DL5 7HX

    Received 29 Jan 2016
  3. DecidedDM/16/00313/FPA

    3 no Dwellings

    Land At The North West Of Meadow Court Tow Law DL13 4BF

    Received 28 Jan 2016
  4. DecidedDM/16/00314/FPA

    Erection of raised timber deck and steps to rear, new PVC doors and windows and replace internal staircase

    18 Elm Park Terrace Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0NA

    Received 28 Jan 2016
  5. DecidedDM/16/00316/FPA

    Conversion to provide 4no. dwellings and erection of 5no. dwellings (amended plans received 20th May 2016)

    Civic Hall Military Row Crook County Durham DL15 9BJ

    Received 29 Jan 2016
  6. DecidedDRC/16/00023

    Discharge of Condition 6 relation to window and door details.

    Moor House 1 East Lane Stanhope Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 2YX

    Received 29 Jan 2016
  7. DecidedDM/16/00318/FPA

    Erection of part two-storey/part first floor extension at side of dwelling and porch to front.

    90 Cavendish Court Brandon Durham DH7 8UW

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  8. DecidedDM/16/00319/FPA

    Single storey side extension

    East Roods Boldron Barnard Castle DL12 9SW

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  9. DecidedDM/16/00320/VOC

    Variation of condition 2 pursuant to planning permission DM/15/01883/FPA for alterations to the external appearance of the Scout Hut

    Scout Hut Stangarth Lane Staindrop Darlington DL2 3LR

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  10. DecidedDM/16/00321/TCA

    T1 Cherry - Remove branch and pruning works in conservation area

    41 Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NJ

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  11. DecidedDM/16/00322/TPO

    (Trees 1, 2, & 3 - Reduce overhanging branches and reduce height to the same height as the car port of 2 Hornbeam and 1 Ash tree, (Tree 4) Prune overhanging branches of one Cherry tree (TPO 66)(5) Reduce height of conifer to same height as adjoining conifers and not to obstruct adjoining Ash tree.(6) Remove dead wood on Goat Willow.

    5 High Hamsterley Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1HD

    Received 29 Jan 2016
  12. DecidedDM/16/00323/FPA

    Demolition of existing garage and replacement with pre-fabricated garage.

    46 Kepier Crescent Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1PG

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  13. DecidedDM/16/00324/FPA

    Detached dwelling house and garage

    Plot 2 The Old Dairy Little Thorpe

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  14. DecidedDM/16/00327/FPA

    Industrial unit and access road (Phase 1)

    Site Of Former Browns Coaches North Of City Electrical Factors Littleburn Road Littleburn Industrial Estate Langley Moor DH7 8HJ

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  15. DecidedDM/16/00328/AD

    Display of two externally illuminated fascia signs to front elevation and one externally illuminated fascia sign to gable elevation.

    69 North Road West Wingate TS28 5AP

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  16. DecidedDM/16/00329/FPA

    Formation of new vehicular entrance including gates and new hard landscaped forecourt together with the erection of a carport/store

    Brightside Front Street Winston Darlington County Durham DL2 3RJ

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  17. DecidedDM/16/00330/TPO

    Removal of one large, overhanging 'scaffold limb' towards south of one Ash tree protected by a tree preservation order.

    Cara Lodge 37 Lowes Barn Bank Nevilles Cross Durham DH1 3QL

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  18. DecidedDRC/16/00331

    Submission of details of noise assessment and a scheme of sound attenuation measues pursuant to condition 3 of planning approval DM/14/02750/FPA which was for a change of use of unit to mixed B1,B2 and B8 use.

    1 Drum Park Drum Industrial Estate Chester-le-Street DH2 1AE

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  19. DecidedDM/16/00332/FPA

    Construction of bay window to front of existing dwelling

    49 Beech Close Brasside Durham DH1 5YB

    Received 2 Feb 2016
  20. DecidedDM/16/00333/TPO

    Fell 2no. Ash Trees

    38 Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3ET

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  21. DecidedDM/16/00334/LB

    Replacement windows (Retrospective)

    6 Front Street Staindrop Darlington DL2 3NH

    Received 2 Feb 2016
  22. DecidedDM/16/00335/HPN

    Prior notification for the erection of a single storey extension to the rear elevation, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.1m, for which the maximum height would be 3.55m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.45m.

    Arbour House Back John Street North Meadowfield Durham DH7 8RT

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  23. DecidedDM/16/00336/TPO

    Felling of one Lime Tree within rear garden area (protected by a tree preservation order).

    14 Dalton Crescent Nevilles Cross Durham DH1 4FB

    Received 1 Feb 2016
  24. DecidedDM/16/00337/TCA

    Fell 2no. Leylandi Trees

    Tithe Barn 3 Poplar Terrace Shincliffe Durham DH1 2NP

    Received 2 Feb 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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