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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

10,715Searchable applications

949Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 8,416 approved or refused records

448Refused applications

7,968 approved · 448 refused · 399 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2014 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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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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DecidedDM/24/01646/AD
One fascia sign and one internally located LED digital display screen.
Passfield Way Retail Park Passfield Way Peterlee SR8 1BF
Received 19 Jun 2024
Appeal lodgedDM/24/01647/FPA
Change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to a house in multiple occupation (C4) including single storey extension, cycle parking and bin storage to rear and formation of car parking area to front
58 Frank Street Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 2JF
Received 19 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01648/DRC
Discharge of condition 7 (contaminated land) pursuant to planning approval DM/21/00360/FPA.
Car Park To Rear Of Red Lion Front Street Chester-le-Street
Received 19 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01649/FPA
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to small house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4) including driveway widening, cycle parking and bin storage
2 Monks Crescent Gilesgate Durham DH1 1HD
Received 19 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01651/FPA
Single storey extension to front of dwelling
16 Pavilion Terrace Burnhope Durham DH7 0DN
Received 20 Jun 2024
Pending ConsiderationDM/24/01652/MIN
Extraction of approximately 1.4 million tonnes of limestone and approximately 6.7 million tonnes of Basal Permian Sand until 2050; retention of aggregate recycling facility and concrete batching plant until 2050; provision to allow the importation of up to 0.35 million tonnes per annum of limestone from Cornforth Quarry until 2050; development of a further water mitigation pond; and a scheme for the progressive and final restoration, including provision to allow the importation of up to ~108,000 tonnes per year for up to 8 years of clean, inert materials to facilitate the restoration of two historic mine tips at Thrislington Quarry West and Thrislington Works, West Cornforth, Durham (Revised description)
Thrislington Quarry West Cornforth DL17 9EY
Received 19 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01654/TCA
T1 to 5, mature Sycamores, shorten back the branches on the east side of the trees, and selected minor branches on the west side, to an appropriate pruning point, by a maximum of 1.5m, to provide clearance below the trees and reduce the degree of overhang in to the land adjacent, T8 - prune, T9 - fell, T10 and T11 - prune and cut back, T13 - T26 -prune (fell any dead trees), Area 27 - cut back bushes - Section 211 notice.
Land To The East Of The Old Vicarage Glebe Side Frosterley DL13 2QT
Received 19 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01655/FPA
Demolish conservatory, replace with a single storey side extension.
Grange Farm The Grove Satley Bishop Auckland DL13 4HZ
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01656/FPA
Hipped roof on integral side garage
27 Bamburgh Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5NW
Received 19 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01657/NMA
Non-material amendment seeking to install bat boxes to the tree belt to the North of the development site, from the previously approved location of dwelling gable ends.
Mount Oswald (Phase 1) South Road Durham DH1 3TQ
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01658/LB
Installation of 2 No. Digital display screens, internal reconfiguration and replacement entrance door
The Witham 3 Horsemarket Barnard Castle DL12 8LY
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01659/DRC
Discharge of conditions 5 (construction management plan), 15 (written scheme of investigation), 17 (land contamination) and 18 (remediation strategy) pursuant to DM/22/03757/FPA
Land West Of Trimdon House Lodge Fishburn TS21 4BA
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01661/FPA
Change of use to holiday let accommodation.
2 Regent Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7LJ
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01662/FPA
Single storey front extension
11 Dacre Gardens Consett DH8 6NW
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01663/FPA
Change of use to holiday let accommodation
4 Regent Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7LJ
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01664/DRC
Discharge of Conditions 8 (lighting, surface treatments, boundary treatments and street furniture), 10 (site access), 14 (footway plan) and 27 (internal highways) pursuant to planning permission 1/2012/0661/85673 (as amended by DM/23/02569/NMA and DM/24/01983/NMA)
Ever Ready Industrial Estate Tanfield Lea Stanley DH9 9QF
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01665/FPA
Change of use from storage and distribution (B8) to gym (E) including extension of car park
Consett Business Park Villa Real Road Consett DH8 6BP
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01666/FPA
Change of use of ground floor sandwich shop (E) to hot food takeaway (Sui-Generis) including new shopfront with security shutters and extraction system to rear
122 The Avenue Seaham SR7 8PE
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01667/TCA
T 1 cherry, reduce by 1m and prune clear of neighboring building by 1.5m, T2 sorbus prune clear of neighboring building by 1mT3 willow Fell to ground level, T4 Conifer reduce by 2m and remove large leaning stem, T5 conifer reduce in height by 50% - Section 211 notice
18 Fenhall Park Lanchester Durham DH7 0JT
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01668/DRC
Discharge or part discharge of Conditions 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26 and 27 of permission ref. DM/20/01084/FPA at Brancepeth Manor Farm, DL15 9AS
Brancepeth Manor Farm West Brandon Crook DL15 9AS
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01669/TPO
T1. Sycamore - Crown lift to remove smaller diameter branches up to approximately 4m above ground level, e.g. mainly branches less than 75mm diameter. Crown reduce side growth as indicated on photograph below, also including low branches growing directly towards the house, where applicable. Remove any ivy and visible deadwood as appropriate: T2 and T3 . Sycamore - Crown lift to remove smaller diameter branches up to approximately 4m above ground level, e.g. mainly branches less than 75mm diameter, not main structural branches over this size. Crown reduce to remove selected low branches growing directly towards the house as indicated in the photograph below. Remove any ivy and visible deadwood as appropriate. Remove any branches or prune back branches that are encroaching towards the house which maybe slighter higher in the tree but the thinner branches and not the main branches of the tree on all trees.
14 Horden Grange Easington Colliery Peterlee SR8 3FJ
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01670/TCA
G1. Maple/Sycamore (located in the adjacent property - crown lift to 6-8m over your building, 2. Apple - fell as close to current ground level as practical - Section 211 notice.
Park House Station Road Lanchester Durham DH7 0EX
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01671/FPA
Single storey side and rear wrap around extension
5 Walton Avenue Seaham SR7 8EZ
Received 20 Jun 2024
DecidedDM/24/01672/VOC
Variation of Condition 2 pursuant to planning permission DM/23/01917/FPA to amend the design of the dwelling.
Langley Hall Sleetburn Lane Langley Moor Durham DH7 8LQ
Received 20 Jun 2024

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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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