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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
9,637Searchable applications
956Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 7,481 approved or refused records
416Refused applications

7,065 approved · 416 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. DecidedDRC/16/00057

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 of application 6/2014/0005/DM (amended plans received 08th August 2016) (description amended 19/10/16)

    Land At Green Lane North Of Barnard Castle School Green Lane Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 8LG

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  2. DecidedDM/16/00623/FPA

    Porch to front, single storey rear extension and pitched roof to rear

    Ivy Cottage Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3PZ

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  3. DecidedDM/16/00624/FPA

    Erection of single storey rear extension

    11 The Oaks Newton Aycliffe DL5 4TD

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  4. DecidedDM/16/00625/FPA

    Change of use from part residential and part clinic (D1) to full residential

    40 Newgate Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 8NJ

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  5. DecidedDM/16/00626/FPA

    Change of use to mixed use as a dog day care centre during office hours and a youth centre on an evening.

    South Stanley Boys Club Severn Crescent South Stanley Stanley DH9 7PX

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  6. DecidedDM/16/00627/TCA

    Felling of one willow tree located within the grounds of the sewage works protected by a conservation area (section 211 notice).

    Sewage Works Sherburn House Sherburn Hospital DH1 2SE

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  7. DecidedDM/16/00628/FPA

    Two storey extension to the rear and single storey extension to front of property

    9 Clarence Gardens Crook DL15 9EZ

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  8. DecidedDM/16/00629/FPA

    Change of use from a 5 and 6 bedroom house in multiple occupation to two 7 bedroom houses in multiple occupation (sui generis use) with ground floor pitched roof rear extension to each property. (Amended plans).

    31 & 32 Elvet Crescent Durham DH1 3AP

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  9. DecidedDM/16/00630/HRN

    Application for hedgerow removal notice (54m annotated as C-D) (Notice amended 6th April 2016)

    Eleven Arches Flatts Farm Toronto Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7SF

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  10. DecidedDM/16/00631/FPA

    Single storey wrap around extension (resubmission of previously approved planning application DM/15/01834/FPA)

    Coatsgarth Boldron Barnard Castle DL12 9RF

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  11. DecidedDM/16/00632/HRN

    Application for hedgerow removal notice (100m)

    Eleven Arches Flatts Farm Toronto Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7SF

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  12. DecidedDM/16/00633/FPA

    Change of domestic living room to proposed barber shop

    2 Durham Street Middlestone Moor Spennymoor DL16 7AT

    Received 29 Feb 2016
  13. DecidedDM/16/00634/VOC

    Variation of condition 2 pursuant to DM/15/03849/FPA regarding changing the roof specification from tiled roof to glass roof with brown upvc rafters

    11 Beechgrove Terrace Blackhouse Durham DH7 6EJ

    Received 29 Feb 2016
  14. DecidedDM/16/00635/TCA

    various tree works

    Meadow Bank Stockton Road Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4SH

    Received 29 Feb 2016
  15. DecidedDM/16/00636/FPA

    Rear Extension To Club House For Additional Changing Rooms

    Club House Eden Lane Peterlee SR8 5DJ

    Received 29 Feb 2016
  16. DecidedDRC/16/00058

    Application to discharge condition 4 (joinery details) pursuant to planning permission DM/15/01951/LB

    14 Office Square Staindrop Darlington DL2 3NG

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  17. DecidedDM/16/00637/LB

    Installation of 2no uPVC windows (Retrospective)

    14 Office Square Staindrop Darlington DL2 3NG

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  18. DecidedDM/16/00638/LB

    Listed Building application for the demolition of single storey offshoot extension and erection of single storey dining room and entrance vestibule

    The Old Vicarage Church Square High Etherley Bishop Auckland DL14 0HN

    Received 22 Feb 2016
  19. DecidedDM/16/00639/FPA

    Installation of decking, storage buildings, paving and raised planting beds at pitches 4, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16 and 17 - - The Batts, Wolsingham

    Deneside Lodge Park Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AZ

    Received 29 Feb 2016
  20. DecidedDM/16/00640/TPO

    Remove deadwood from the tree closest to the garden, reduce the overhanging of the branches by 3 metres from the furthest overhanging point, tapering towards the top to shape of one Beech tree and pruning overhanging low branches to appropriate growth point to remove the overhang of one further Beech tree (TPO CLS-15)

    5 And 7 Carrowmore Road Chester-le-Street DH2 3DY

    Received 29 Feb 2016
  21. DecidedDM/16/00641/FPA

    Agricultural general purpose building

    Gilside Cottage Church Street Byers Green Spennymoor County Durham DL16 7NL

    Received 29 Feb 2016
  22. DecidedDM/16/00642/FPA

    Construction of a detached storage facility

    Husqvarna UK Preston Road Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6UP

    Received 29 Feb 2016
  23. DecidedDM/16/00643/FPA

    Conversion of former nursery to dwelling including raising the eaves height of the existing roof, the erection a two storey rear extension, conservatory and detached garage with new access (Resubmission)

    Land At The East Of Parklands Residential Care Home New Road Crook County Durham DL15 8LN

    Received 25 Feb 2016
  24. DecidedDM/16/00644/PNA

    Prior notification for the erection of 2no agricultural buildings for lambing and storage purposes

    Hogg House Farm Stainmore Road Bowes Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 9RH

    Received 26 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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