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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Durham County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,123 approved · 462 refused · 404 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Hinderwell Durham Road Lanchester Durham DH7 0LP
Received 2 Aug 2024Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX
Received 2 Aug 20247 Owengate Durham DH1 3HB
Received 2 Aug 2024Travel Lodge Station Lane Gilesgate Durham DH1 1LJ
Received 2 Aug 2024Forestry Commission England Redford Lane Redford Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3NL
Received 2 Aug 2024Land To The East Of Regents Court Sherburn Road Durham DH1 2RZ
Received 5 Aug 202413 Westerton Bishop Auckland DL14 8AH
Received 5 Aug 2024Foundation For Good Unit 2 15 Trafalgar Street Consett DH8 5AP
Received 5 Aug 2024The Grange And Learning Centre Willington Crook DL15 0TY
Received 5 Aug 2024St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG
Received 5 Aug 2024Lowfield Farm Access Road From A690 Durham Road Willington
Received 5 Aug 2024The Ranch 14 Culloden Terrace Grants Houses Peterlee SR8 3TD
Received 5 Aug 2024The Old Vicarage Kingsway Bishop Auckland DL14 7JN
Received 5 Aug 202421 Prospect Terrace Willington Crook DL15 0DT
Received 5 Aug 202462 Middle Street Consett DH8 5QE
Received 5 Aug 2024Site Of Former Jingling Gate Inn Twizell Lane West Pelton
Received 5 Aug 20242 Parklands Drive Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4TG
Received 5 Aug 2024Durham Miners Association Miners Hall Flass Street Durham DH1 4BE
Received 6 Aug 2024Littlewood Farm Brotherlee Bishop Auckland DL13 1SS
Received 6 Aug 2024Land To The South Of 28 Station Road West Rainton DH4 6SF
Received 6 Aug 2024Four Seasons Hall Lane West Rainton Houghton-Le-Spring DH4 6PF
Received 6 Aug 2024Snows Green Farm Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0EW
Received 6 Aug 2024St Johns Methodist Chapel Hood Street St Johns Chapel Bishop Auckland DL13 1QL
Received 6 Aug 20241 Grange Terrace Trimdon Grange Trimdon Station TS29 6EU
Received 6 Aug 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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