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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
9,729Searchable applications
956Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 7,567 approved or refused records
421Refused applications

7,146 approved · 421 refused · 335 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/16/00810/FPA

    Garage conversion

    44 Chaucer Drive Crook DL15 9FN

    Received 9 Mar 2016
  2. DecidedDM/16/00812/HRN

    Proposed removal of 3 stretches of hedgerow (and new hedgerow planting to field boundary)

    Sprucely Farm Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2BD

    Received 9 Mar 2016
  3. DecidedDM/16/00813/NMA

    Non Material Amendment to increase the height of the extension previously approved to 6.9 metres and the inclusion of an external door

    Workshop Supplies Building 316A And B St Cuthberts Way Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6DX

    Received 9 Mar 2016
  4. DecidedDM/16/00814/FPA

    Demolition of existing building and erection of 3 bay portal steel framed general storage agricultural building.

    East Grange Farm Shincliffe Durham DH1 2TB

    Received 9 Mar 2016
  5. DecidedDM/16/00815/FPA

    Erection of single storey side extensions and erection of detached double garage

    Low Deanery Adelaide Bank Bishop Auckland DL4 1BQ

    Received 9 Mar 2016
  6. DecidedDM/16/00816/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    62 Abbots Green Willington Crook DL15 0QZ

    Received 9 Mar 2016
  7. DecidedDM/16/00817/FPA

    Change of use from agricultural to parking, relocate dry stone wall to new boundary.

    Land To The Rear Of 4 To 8 Victoria Terrace Cockfield DL13 5DH

    Received 9 Mar 2016
  8. DecidedDRC/16/00074

    Discharge of condition 17 of planning approval reference CE/13/01061/VOC

    Dalton Park Murton SR7 9HU

    Received 10 Mar 2016
  9. DecidedDRC/16/00075

    Discharge of condition 13 of planning approval 13/01073.

    Dalton Park Murton Seaham SR7 9HU

    Received 10 Mar 2016
  10. DecidedDRC/16/00076

    Discharge of condition 6 of planning approval reference 13/01300

    15 - 16 Dalton Park Murton Seaham SR7 9HU

    Received 10 Mar 2016
  11. DecidedDRC/16/00077

    Discharge of condition 6 of planning approval reference PL/5/2013/0202

    Dalton Park Oliver Street Murton SR7 9DJ

    Received 10 Mar 2016
  12. DecidedDM/16/00818/FPA

    Change of use from A2 (Financial) to mixed use A1(Shops) and A5 (Hot Food Takeaway) and installation of new awning/canopy boxed in to existing shopfront framework.

    69 North Road Durham DH1 4SQ

    Received 10 Mar 2016
  13. DecidedDM/16/00819/AD

    Erection and display of 1no. non-illuminated fascia sign with canopy and 1no. non-illuminated projecting sign

    H And T Pawnbrokers 69 North Road Durham DH1 4SQ

    Received 10 Mar 2016
  14. DecidedDM/16/00820/PND

    Prior notification for the demolition of 11no two storey terrace flats

    56-67 Red Houses High Etherley Bishop Auckland DL14 0HL

    Received 10 Mar 2016
  15. DecidedDM/16/00821/FPA

    Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwelling

    Chapel Cottage Station Lane Pelton Fell Chester-le-street DH2 2QW

    Received 10 Mar 2016
  16. DecidedDM/16/00822/FPA

    Erection of replacement conservatory and insertion of window to gable

    27 Bradley Close Ouston Chester-le-street DH2 1TH

    Received 11 Mar 2016
  17. DecidedDM/16/00823/FPA

    Change of use from general industrial (B2) to gymnasium (D2)

    Unit 36 Stella Gill Industrial Estate Pelton Fell Chester-le-Street County Durham DH2 2RQ

    Received 11 Mar 2016
  18. DecidedDM/16/00824/VOC

    Variation of condition no. 2 of planning approval reference: DM/14/00613/FPA to amend house types and reduce no. of dwellings to 55.

    Former Registry Office And Peterlee Area Education Office Postal Address - Oxford Close York Road Peterlee SR8 2EF

    Received 11 Mar 2016
  19. DecidedDM/16/00825/AD

    Installation of 2 no. fascia signs and 1 no. roundel logo

    Unit 1 Dalton Park Murton County Durham

    Received 11 Mar 2016
  20. DecidedDRC/16/00078

    Discharge of conditions 3 (sample materials), 4 (foul water drainage scheme), 5 (surface water drainage scheme), 6 (access), 7 (existing access), 8 (boundary treatments) and 9 (coal mining risks) pursuant to permission DM/15/02760/FPA

    Land To The North East Of Tara Lea Holmside Lane Burnhope

    Received 11 Mar 2016
  21. DecidedDM/16/00826/FPA

    Erection of garage to side, porch to front and single storey pitched roof extension to rear of existing dwelling

    16 Richmond Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5NT

    Received 11 Mar 2016
  22. DecidedDM/16/00827/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    9 Fairfield Grove Murton Seaham SR7 9NB

    Received 11 Mar 2016
  23. DecidedDM/16/00828/PNT

    Prior notification for the installation of replacement 20m monopole supporting 6 no antennas, 2 no. equipment cabinets, ancillary development including 3 no remote radio units and 2.1m palisade fencing

    Telecommunications Mast Wesleyan Road Spennymoor

    Received 11 Mar 2016
  24. DecidedDM/16/00829/TCA

    T2 Maple - Fell tree in conservation area

    16 Lea Green Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DU

    Received 10 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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