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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.
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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 dates11,072Searchable applications
949Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 8,745 approved or refused records
470Refused applications
8,275 approved · 470 refused · 413 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/02623/DRC
Discharge of condition 3 (contaminated land) pursuant to DM/23/03812/FPA
Unit B2 Roman Way Industrial Estate Tindale Crescent Bishop Auckland DL14 9AW
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02625/AD
Display of 1 no. V shaped stack board and 4 no. flag poles
Land To The West Of 14 Brambling Close Seaham Garden Village Cold Hesledon SR7
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02627/DRC
Discharge of condition 3 (bird and bat boxes) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/01004/FPA.
Robert Forster House Gill Crescent North Woodstone Village Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AW
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02628/NMA
Non-material amendment pursuant to Reserved Matters consent DM/22/01555/RM to update drawings to reflect the as-built SuDS basin, and for substitution of external materials on Plots 115-117.
Land North Of West Chilton Terrace Chilton
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02629/VOC
Variation of condition 2 pursuant to DM/24/00094/FPA to include changes to entrance door and roller shutters
4 Belvedere House Kingsway Bishop Auckland DL14 7JN
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02630/PNA
Prior notification for the formation of a temporary access track for up to 2 years for the purposes of forestry extraction
Paradise Cottage Farm Edmundbyers Consett DH8 9PB
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02631/CEU
Lawful Development Certificate to establish that works undertaken on site are lawful in accordance with planning permission DM/20/00688/FPA.
Land To The North West Of Gore Hall Farm Gore Lane Thornley DH6 3DR
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02632/FPA
Single storey rear extension
95 Manor Drive Sacriston Durham DH7 6FT
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02633/FPA
Single storey flat roof extension to rear with roof lantern; internal alterations; replace external door with window to the side elevation and new external side door to the kitchen
4 Murton Close Aycliffe Village Newton Aycliffe DL5 6LF
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02634/NMA
Non-Material Amendment pursuant to DM/22/01076/RM to regularise the external materials and alterations to fenestration.
Site Of Former Durham Trinity School And Sports College Bek Premises Trouts Lane Witton Gilbert DH1 5RH
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02636/FPA
Two storey extension to side and rear, single storey extension to side and rear, loft conversion including dormer window to rear, 2no rooflights to front and relocation of driveway (Amended Description)
10 Roman Avenue Chester-le-Street DH3 3PW
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02637/FPA
Replace front door with new composite door, window to right hand side of door and security shutters
102 Edenhill Road Peterlee SR8 5DE
Received 25 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02639/VOC
Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) to amend shopfront including installation of security gates and 1no door to side, timber windows to first floor, garage door with roller shutter and installation of secondary door to rear, works to existing extension and enclosed link corridor within rear yard area, cleaning and repointing of stonework to front and brickwork repairs to side and rear elevations pursuant to planning permission DM/23/01174/FPA
46 - 47 Church Street Seaham SR7 7HF
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02640/TCA
Prune lower branches of beech tree to a maximum height of 5 meters back to/in line with the boundary wall
High Green House High Green Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9DZ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02641/FPA
Creation of vehicular access and hardstanding to front including boundary treatments
10 Greenfields Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PX
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02642/FPA
Alteration to shop front including introduction of a second entrance to allow access to reinstated internal staircase and roller shutters.
61 Fore Bondgate Bishop Auckland DL14 7PE
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02643/FPA
Two storey side extension, single storey extension to the rear, and porch to the front
13 Chillingham Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5NA
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02644/FPA
Single storey extension to the side of the existing church building to provide additional rooms, along with the installation of hardstanding to part of the external area on the western elevation of the site to form car parking spaces.
Langley Park Baptist Church Hall Linden Mews Langley Park Durham DH7 9DZ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02645/FPA
Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of new replacement dwelling
Briscoe Farmhouse Briscoe Lane Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9UL
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02646/FPA
Erection of workshop/storage shed
Land North East Of Mill House Cornforth Lane Coxhoe Durham DH6 4ER
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02647/FPA
Erection of an agricultural slurry storage facility
Mount Eff Farm Mount Eff Lane Barnard Castle DL12 8UR
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02648/DRC
Discharge of condition 4 (Post investigation assessment) pursuant to DM/23/03759/FPA
16 Eardulph Avenue Chester-le-Street DH3 3PR
Received 26 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02650/FPA
Two-storey side extension and front Porch
5 The Glade Newton Aycliffe DL5 4DG
Received 27 Sept 2024 - DecidedDM/24/02652/DRC
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Materials), 8 (Final Travel Plan), 15 (Bird and Bat Boxes) and 16 (Landscaping) pursuant to consent DM/23/02170/FPA.
Land North And West Of Almond Close Spennymoor DL16 7YG
Received 27 Sept 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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