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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
9,684Searchable applications
956Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 7,525 approved or refused records
419Refused applications

7,106 approved · 419 refused · 333 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2014 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/16/00691/LB

    Listed Building application to replace 10 no windows

    The Old Farmhouse West Farm Stainton Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 8RD

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  2. DecidedDM/16/00692/TCA

    T1 Beech - reduce crown by 20%

    Hardys Corner Cottage 8A West Blackdene Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland DL13 1EQ

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  3. DecidedDM/16/00693/FPA

    Demolition and erection of single storey rear extension, and erection of first floor side extension

    38 Camperdown Avenue Chester-le-Street DH3 4AB

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  4. DecidedDM/16/00694/FPA

    Demolition of existing garage and erection of single storey extension to side

    21 Burnside Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6SE

    Received 2 Mar 2016
  5. DecidedDM/16/00695/FPA

    Erection of single storey rear extension

    22 Grayson Road Spennymoor DL16 7AB

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  6. DecidedDM/16/00696/FPA

    Change of use is required from Storage unit to Fitness Studio

    Unit 11 Turn Park Station Road Chester-le-Street DH3 3DY

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  7. DecidedDM/16/00697/FPA

    Erection of single-storey extension at rear and front of dwelling.

    18 Pinders Way Sherburn Hill Durham DH6 1QJ

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  8. DecidedDM/16/00698/FPA

    Planning permission to retain key workers temporary mobile home as a permanent key workers dwelling tied to an employee of Lanchester Dairies who must hold a key workers post

    Lanchester Dairies Upper Houses Farm Yeckhouse Lane Lanchester Durham DH7 0RL

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  9. DecidedDM/16/00700/FPA

    Erection of two storey side extension, access ramp to front and conversion of garage to habitable room

    12 Pea Road Oxhill Stanley County Durham DH9 7RG

    Received 2 Mar 2016
  10. DecidedDM/16/00701/HPN

    Prior notification for the replacement/conversion of the existing conservatory to a solid structure measuring 4.21m in length, 2.4m in height to eave level and 3.4m in overall height

    35 Witton Road Ferryhill County Durham DL17 8QE

    Received 1 Mar 2016
  11. DecidedDM/16/00702/FPA

    Change of use of the land to equine and erection of a machinery/storage shed

    The Byre High Fallowfield Farm South Hetton Durham DH6 2TA

    Received 1 Mar 2016
  12. DecidedDRC/16/00065

    Partial discharge of condition 4 (pre-commencement Remediation Strategy) pursuant to planning permission DM/15/03822/FPA

    North Park Primary School St Andrews Lane Spennymoor County Durham DL16 6PP

    Received 29 Feb 2016
  13. DecidedDM/16/00703/HPN

    Single storey rear extension which would project beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3.3m, for which the maximum height would be 3.61m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.4m

    12 Marwood Drive Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 8DE

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  14. DecidedDM/16/00704/FPA

    Change of use of part of public house (A4) to form part of residential unit (C3). Alterations to outbuilding.

    Bridge Inn Gordon Lane Ramshaw Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 0NS

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  15. DecidedDM/16/00705/FPA

    To convert No. 19 Copley Bent back into 2 dwellings (nos. 18 and 19 Copley Bent).

    19 Copley Bent Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 5QW

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  16. DecidedDM/16/00706/TCA

    Felling of one Cherry Blossom tree, two Apple trees and two burnt Conifers trees, trimming of seventeen Conifer trees by 30% in height and width (Section 211 Notice)

    15 Lee Hill Court Lanchester County Durham DH7 0QE

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  17. DecidedDM/16/00707/FPA

    Proposed first floor side extension above existing garage and two storey infill extension to the rear.

    7 The Grange Tanfield Lea Stanley DH9 9UN

    Received 4 Mar 2016
  18. DecidedDM/16/00708/HPN

    Prior notification for the erection of single storey rear extension measuring 5m in length, 2.3m in height to eave level and 4.0m in overall height

    18 Whitworth Meadows Middlestone Moor Spennymoor County Durham DL16 7BH

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  19. DecidedDM/16/00709/HPN

    Prior notification for the erection of a single storey extension to rear, projecting 5m from the original dwellinghouse, 3.6m in height to the apex of the roof and 2.6m in height to the eaves

    8 Percy Square Durham DH1 3PZ

    Received 4 Mar 2016
  20. DecidedDM/16/00710/FPA

    Change of use of 3m wide strip of agricultural land to private garden

    Heatherlea Rowley Bank Castleside Consett DH8 9QT

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  21. DecidedDM/16/00712/TCA

    Felling of 1no. tree

    46 Douglas Villas Gilesgate Durham DH1 1JL

    Received 2 Mar 2016
  22. DecidedDM/16/00711/FPA

    Change of use from Retail Shop (Class A1) to Pizza Take Away (Class A5), ventilation equipment and associated alterations

    44B Market Place Bishop Auckland DL14 7PB

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  23. DecidedDM/16/00713/FPA

    Change of use from petrol station and garage to car wash and valet (retrospective)

    Sacriston Car Wash And Valet Front Street Sacriston Durham DH7 6JT

    Received 3 Mar 2016
  24. DecidedDM/16/00714/FPA

    Erection of single storey side extension

    15 Ormesby Way Spennymoor DL16 7FN

    Received 3 Mar 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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