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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.
8,353 approved · 472 refused · 416 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Monks End Aycliffe Village Newton Aycliffe DL5 6LR
Received 16 Oct 2024Plot 3B Merchant Park Millennium Way Aycliffe Business Park DL5 6UG
Received 21 Oct 20247 - 8 Almshouses Staindrop Darlington DL2 3NQ
Received 18 Oct 2024Land East Of 12 Crawford Close Bishop Auckland DL14 6PS
Received 21 Oct 2024Land South East Of Jubilee House Whitehouse Avenue Burnhope DH7 0AJ
Received 21 Oct 20247 Wolsingham Terrace Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 8QJ
Received 21 Oct 2024Tribley Farm Hett Hills Pelton Fell Chester-le-street DH2 3JU
Received 21 Oct 2024Valley View Hill Top Esh Durham DH7 9RD
Received 21 Oct 2024Bridge House Lintzford Rowlands Gill NE39 1NB
Received 21 Oct 20246 Masterman Place Middleton-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0ST
Received 21 Oct 2024Moorfields Watergate Lane Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PJ
Received 21 Oct 20245 Raby Avenue Barnard Castle DL12 8AJ
Received 21 Oct 2024Memorial Cottage Mainsforth Road Ferryhill Station Ferryhill DL17 9DF
Received 21 Oct 2024Newby House Barningham Richmond DL11 7DW
Received 21 Oct 2024Gresham Cottage Lartington Lane Lartington Barnard Castle DL12 9BP
Received 21 Oct 2024Castle Eden Village Hall Stockton Road Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4SD
Received 21 Oct 2024Land East Of Avenue House Park House Road High Shincliffe DH1 2PY
Received 21 Oct 202439 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HN
Received 21 Oct 202411 Bewley Grove Peterlee SR8 1PP
Received 18 Oct 2024Land And Buildings To The West Of West View Murton SR7 9PE
Received 21 Oct 2024Plot D Land At Aykley Heads Framwelgate Peth Durham DH1 5UQ
Received 22 Oct 2024Charles Dickens Lodge Galgate Barnard Castle DL12 8GD
Received 22 Oct 2024Linburn Hall Farm Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3QL
Received 22 Oct 2024Mountsett Garage Ewehurst Road Dipton Stanley DH9 9JP
Received 22 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.
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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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