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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates11,042Searchable applications
949Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 8,715 approved or refused records
470Refused applications
8,245 approved · 470 refused · 413 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Planning Planning applications and advice.Contact planning Planning advice and enquiries
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries03000262830Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- DecidedDM/24/02571/TPO
Pruning works to 5no. trees within Durham City Conservation Area and/or subject to Tree Preservation Order to facilitate construction activitiesThis application gives notice that the applicant intends to prune trees nos. 32, 36, 37, Tree 1 and Tree 2. For the avoidance of doubt, nos. 32, 36 and 37 require pruning to facilitate a temporary site access and Tree 1 and Tree 2 require pruning to facilitate the siting of the welfare cabin on the existing MUGA.
St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG
Received 18 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02572/TPO
T1 Willow - Crown reduce and reshape by 2.5 metres (to previous reduction points giving good clearance from neighbouring property as part of the reduction) and crown thin by 10% to remove minor crossing branches. T2 Maple - Crown reduction and reshape by 2.5 metres, crown thin by 10% to remove minor crossing branches and T3 Birch - Prune back branch tips growing towards the neighbouring property by 1.5 metres.
39 The Orchard Pity Me Durham DH1 5DA
Received 18 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02573/TCA
T1. Prunus Greengage - fell and grind the stump
4 Kepier Heights Bakehouse Lane Gilesgate Durham DH1 1LN
Received 18 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02574/FPA
Single storey extension to rear and first floor bedroom above existing garage and pitched roof to remaining garage
30 Sharpley Drive Seaham SR7 0LE
Received 18 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02575/AD
Retrospective application for an internally illuminated fascia sign.
Crinnions 25 Front Street Lanchester Durham DH7 0LA
Received 18 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02576/FPA
Kitchen extension to rear of building (bungalow).
2 Ruddick Mews Eden Drive Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2AT
Received 17 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02577/FPA
Store extension with pitched roof over and pitched roof carried over lounge projection in lieu of flat roof.
8 Walden Close Ouston Chester-le-Street DH2 1TF
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02578/PND
Demolition of the Bale Centre (former Woodhouse Close Infant School)
The Bale Centre Walker Drive Bishop Auckland DL14 6QW
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02579/FPA
Creation of new access to farm yard (south side Darlington Road)
Black Bull Farm Winston Darlington DL2 3PU
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02580/DRC
Discharge of condition 5 (Biodiversity Management and Monitoring Plan), 7 (Bat Mitigation) and 8 (Landscaping) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/01696/VOC.
Northumbrian Water Boldon House Wheatlands Way Pity Me Durham DH1 5FA
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02581/TPO
T1. Sycamore closest the copper Beech. - Dead wood and target prune 3/4, mid height side limbs to produce an even crown.T2. Large Sycamore. Deadwood and pull back lower, south facing limbs by approximately 2 meters to a height no greater than 2/3rds of the trees canopy.T3. Silver Birch. - Remove.T4. Sycamore nearest the house. - Deadwood and reduce lower limbs by approximately 2 meters to a height no greater than 50% of the crown height (gutter line of the house roughly), and remove one lower limb situated above an electrical cable to the garage.T5. Beech, roadside. - Deadwood crown and reduce back to suitable nodes, two lower limbs overhanging the drive.TPO - DER-223
3 Plunkett Road Dipton Stanley DH9 9BJ
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02582/DRC
Discharge of condition 5 (Tree Proposal), 7 (Biodiversity Management and Monitoring Plan) and 9 (Landscaping) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/01697/VOC.
Northumbrian Water Boldon House Wheatlands Way Pity Me Durham DH1 5FA
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02584/PNA
Steel portal frame storage unit for management/maintenance equipment for adjacent large scale forestry planting areas
South Causey Inn Causey Road Causey Stanley DH9 0LS
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02585/PN56
Conversion of a modern agricultural building within the farmstead into three larger dwellinghouses
Eden Hill Farm Twizell Lane West Pelton Stanley DH9 6SJ
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02586/PN56
Prior notification under Part 3 Class MA for the change of use of commercial unit to residential flat
6 Horsemarket Middleton-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0SH
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02587/FPA
Retention of package treatment sewage unit in field to west
Syke Cottage Snaisgill Road Middleton-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0RP
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02588/LB
Replacement of thirteen windows
Rose And Crown Hotel Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EB
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02589/AD
Consent to display 2 No. replacement internally illuminated fascia signs and 1 No. double sided projection sign.
Unit I (2 And 3) Arnison Retail Centre Pity Me Durham DH1 5GB
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02590/FPA
Two storey side extension with single storey rear wraparound including double garage
19 Glenholme Terrace Blackhall Colliery Hartlepool TS27 4HU
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02591/FPA
Installation of ventilation/extractor fan and other external alterations.
Gledstone House 26 Newmarket Street Consett DH8 5LQ
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02592/FPA
Single storey side extension
2 Railway Cottages Croxdale Durham DH6 5HE
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02593/TCA
Reduction in height by 3.5m and crown pruning (up to 1.5m) of 1no. Holly tree
42 South Street Durham DH1 4QP
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02594/NMA
Non Material Amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/23/01814/FPA for the addition of a substation
Polymer Compounders Ltd Edwardson Road Meadowfield Industrial Estate Meadowfield Durham DH7 8RL
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02595/TCA
Ash - Fell due to ash dieback (South-Western boundary adjacent to Trinity Hall)
Portland House South Street Durham DH1 4QP
Received 19 Sept 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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