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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
10,869Searchable applications
949Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 8,561 approved or refused records
459Refused applications

8,102 approved · 459 refused · 404 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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/24/02059/LB

    Roof repair works (retrospective)

    1-4 Red Hill Villas Durham DH1 4BA

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  2. DecidedDM/24/02061/FPA

    Change of use of ground floor pool hall to office use

    Royal Hotel Front Street Stanley DH9 0JQ

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  3. DecidedDM/24/02062/FPA

    Erection of 1no. 4 bedroom dwelling with attached garage

    Land To The South East Of Fern Meadows Waldridge Road Waldridge DH2 3RB

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  4. DecidedDM/24/02063/FPA

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) including single storey rear extension,cycle parking and bin storage

    58 Bradford Crescent Gilesgate Durham DH1 1HL

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  5. DecidedDM/24/02064/FPA

    Erection of a stone built single unit inclusive/disabled public toilet facility with baby changing facilities

    Duncombe Cemetery Cleves Avenue Ferryhill DL17 8BN

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  6. DecidedDM/24/02065/FPA

    Install sewage treatment plant

    Red Ivy House Harperley Hall Fir Tree Crook DL15 8DP

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  7. DecidedDM/24/02066/FPA

    Single storey rear and side extension

    14 Calder Close Bishop Auckland DL14 0RT

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  8. DecidedDM/24/02067/FPA

    Change of use of existing building to a dwellinghouse with ancillary workspace including external alterations

    St Aidens House High Street Willington Crook DL15 0PE

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  9. DecidedDM/24/02068/LB

    Replace five timber windows

    Westfield House Cote House Road Middleton-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0PN

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  10. DecidedDM/24/02070/LB

    Replace five timber windows

    1 The Green Eggleston Barnard Castle DL12 0AA

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  11. DecidedDM/24/02071/FPA

    Increase in roof height, replacement roof, rear flat roof dormer window and conversion of attic space to habitable accommodation, new windows and doors, replace brick walls to rear extension with stone, increase width of rear extension and internal alterations in association with use of 1 and 2 as one dwelling.

    1 Station Houses Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5HH

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  12. DecidedDM/24/02072/FPA

    Single storey extension and replace rear windows with doors

    3 Castle Court Startforth Barnard Castle DL12 9DU

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  13. DecidedDM/24/02073/TCA

    T1 silver birch tree,remove first lower branch. T2 silver birch remove first lower branch and prune back to clear property Trim bushes at side of property - Section 211 notice

    1 Lee Hill Court Lanchester Durham DH7 0QE

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  14. DecidedSCR/24/00007

    Request an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion for the development of Waste Recycling Site

    Land To The South Of Bowden Place St Johns Road Meadowfield Industrial Estate Meadowfield DH7 8TB

    Received 26 Jul 2024
  15. DecidedDM/24/02074/FPA

    First floor side extension

    27 Brookes Rise Langley Moor Durham DH7 8XY

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  16. DecidedDM/24/02076/FPA

    Demolition and replacement of existing ground-floor single storey conservatory, internal alterations to include a shower room to the second-floor, internal secondary glazing to existing window to first-floor study

    49 South Street Durham DH1 4QP

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  17. DecidedDM/24/02077/LB

    Demolition and replacement of existing ground-floor single storey conservatory, internal alterations to include a shower room to the second-floor, internal secondary glazing to existing window to first-floor study

    49 South Street Durham DH1 4QP

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  18. DecidedDM/24/02078/FPA

    Extend existing external seating terrace and new external raised timber deck adjacent to riverbank

    20 Silver Street Durham DH1 3RB

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  19. DecidedDM/24/02079/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Site Investigation Report) pursuant to DM/23/02391/FPA.

    Cottage Tanfield Lane Farm Tanfield Stanley DH9 9QE

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  20. DecidedDM/24/02080/FPA

    Raised platform/patio area with balustrade to front and storage area below (partly retrospective), erection of 1.8 m high privacy screen/fencing to both neighbouring boundaries, erection of detached outbuilding within rear garden and installation of an awning to the rear elevation of the property.

    5 John Street Craghead Stanley DH9 6EQ

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  21. DecidedDM/24/02081/DRC

    Application for the discharge of condition 11 (cont land verification) in relation to full planning permission for the erection of 83 dwellings (ref: DM/19/02570/FPA).

    Site Of Former Arizona Chemical Vigo Lane Chester-le-Street DH3 2EB

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  22. DecidedDM/24/02082/DRC

    Discharge of condition 12 (Nutrient Credit Certificate) pursuant to planning approval DM/22/00301/OUT

    Land To The West Of Maplewood 4 Low Farm Bradbury Stockton On Tees TS21 2ET

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  23. DecidedDM/24/02083/TCA

    Felling of one Conifer tree (T1) - Section 211 notice

    2 The Forge Brancepeth Durham DH7 8EW

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  24. DecidedDM/24/02084/TPO

    Crown thin 1no Sycamore (T1) by 20% and prune to clear adjacent property by 2m plus Crown thin 1no Sycamore (T2) by 20% and remove lowest branch growing over archway back to main stem

    12 St Marys Close Shincliffe Durham DH1 2ND

    Received 30 Jul 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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