Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
8,295 approved · 471 refused · 415 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Land To The South East Of Edge End Farm Aukside Middleton-in-Teesdale DL12 0QY
Received 30 Sept 202443 Durham Road Lanchester Durham DH7 0LR
Received 27 Sept 2024St Chads College 16 - 22 North Bailey Durham DH1 3RH
Received 1 Oct 2024Belmont Church Of England Junior School Buckinghamshire Road Belmont Durham DH1 2QP
Received 1 Oct 2024St Michael And All Angels Church Barningham DL11 7DP
Received 1 Oct 202433 Dalton Crescent Nevilles Cross Durham DH1 4FB
Received 1 Oct 2024Land To The North West Of Discovery Offices William Armstrong Way NETPark Sedgefield TS21 3FH
Received 1 Oct 202411 South Street Crook DL15 8NE
Received 1 Oct 2024Burnside Eggleston Barnard Castle DL12 0BD
Received 1 Oct 2024Land North East Of Horsley House Eastgate DL13 2LJ
Received 1 Oct 202418 North Lodge Chester-le-Street DH3 4AZ
Received 1 Oct 2024Wood Hill Folly Top Eggleston Barnard Castle DL12 0DH
Received 1 Oct 202413 Hazel Crescent Easington Colliery Peterlee SR8 3HP
Received 30 Sept 2024Land East Of Seaham Garden Village Cold Hesledon Seaham SR7 8SP
Received 30 Sept 2024Land South Of South College The Drive Durham DH1 3LD
Received 2 Oct 2024Land To The South Of 58 Bolams Buildings Tantobie DH9 9SD
Received 2 Oct 2024Land To The West Of Blue House Cottage Salters Lane Shotton Colliery DH6 2AP
Received 2 Oct 2024Retail Park Development Dragon Lane Gilesgate DH1 2RL
Received 2 Oct 2024Stray Aid Dogs & Cats Home East Pasture Farm Cornforth Lane Coxhoe Durham DH6 4EL
Received 2 Oct 2024Land At The North East Entrance To Tanfield Lea Industrial Estate North Stanley
Received 2 Oct 202430 Montalbo Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DB
Received 2 Oct 20244 Hardy Terrace New Kyo Stanley DH9 7DP
Received 2 Oct 202438 Hilltop Road Bearpark Durham DH7 7TL
Received 2 Oct 2024Hill House 42 Hill Terrace Middleton-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0SL
Received 2 Oct 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage