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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 dates

11,177Searchable applications

949Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 8,842 approved or refused records

474Refused applications

8,368 approved · 474 refused · 417 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026

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Council contacts

Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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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.

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More application records

DecidedDM/24/02916/PNA
Prior notification application for the construction of a new road measuring 110m with a width of 6m
Sunny Bank St Johns Chapel Bishop Auckland DL13 1QZ
Received 23 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02917/FPA
Proposed single storey rear extension
East View House Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3PP
Received 23 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02918/FPA
A two-storey extension to the existing farmhouse, including reducing the size of an exisiting outbuilding to create a covered storage area along with an area of hardstanding. An existing access track is to be rerouted. Demolition of existing outbuildings to provide an expanded parking area to the north of the property.
Laverock Hall Blackton Eggleston Barnard Castle DL12 0AY
Received 23 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02919/FPA
Single storey extension to the front elevation to infill gap between existing garage and dwelling, and single-storey extension to the west elevation
The Gables Hurworth Burn Road Trimdon Trimdon Station TS29 6LX
Received 23 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02921/FPA
Replace existing conservatory with a single-storey kitchen extension, replacement windows to all elevations and internal alterations
25 York Villas Tudhoe Spennymoor DL16 6LP
Received 23 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02922/FPA
Replace timber windows with upvc sliding sash
3 Burn Bank Court Middleton-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0RA
Received 24 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02923/FPA
Retention of outbuilding
Allotment Site To The South Of Plantation Avenue Littletown DH6 1PY
Received 24 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02924/TCA
Trees in front garden and back to be reduced and thinned as follows:1. Lime in front garden to have crown reduced by 1-2 meters to control the tree.2 & 4. Two ash trees to have a 3-metre reduction of the entire canopy and any dead wood or dangerous limbs to be removed.3. Birch to be reduced in height by 3 meters5 & 6. Both sycamores at the bottom of garden to have entire canopy reduced in size by 3 meters.6. Sycamore in right hand corner of the garden to be thinned.
Briarthorpe South Side Easington Village Peterlee SR8 3AX
Received 24 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02925/FPA
Changes to roof line and window / doors to rear offshoot to existing dwelling
12 West Farm Lane Medomsley Consett DH8 6TY
Received 24 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02926/LB
Internal reconfiguration, extension of stone boundary wall and erection of gate (description amended)
The Bridge Inn Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XD
Received 24 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02927/PA56
Prior Approval (in relation to DM/24/02127/PNA) for Agricultural buildings to be utilised as a grain store; along with a general purpose agricultural building, to be used as undercover storage for machinery, temporary shelter for cattle and shelter for ewes during the spring lambing season.
Bradley Hall Durham Road Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3JH
Received 25 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02929/AD
Replacement of current 'US Unite Students' signage on side of Accommodation Block B
Rushford Court North Road Durham DH1 4RY
Received 25 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02930/FPA
Creation of parking area for 3 vehicles to the rear. With partial demolition of the wall and creation of an area of hardstanding.
7 The Annums Bowes Barnard Castle DL12 9LP
Received 25 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02931/DRC
Discharge of Condition 3 (External Materials) pursuant to approvals DM/19/02199/FPA and DM/19/02200/LB, Condition 4 (Construction Management Plan), Condition 5 (Archaeological Program), Condition 6 (Acoustic Report), Condition 7 (Soundproofing) pursuant to approval DM/19/02199/FPA
21 Market Place Durham DH1 3NJ
Received 25 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02933/FPA
Conversion of garage to habitable accommodation with extension to front
172 Greenways Delves Lane Consett DH8 7DW
Received 25 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02934/FPA
Demolition of existing garage and porch to create single storey extension to side and bay windows to the front of the property.
22 Thornley Close Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7NN
Received 25 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02935/DRC
Discharge of Condtion 11 (management and travel plan) and 12 (EV charging points) pursuant to DM/24/00911/FPA
Fell Cottage Hedley Hill Durham DH7 9EU
Received 25 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02936/DRC
Discharge of Conditions 3 (passing places), 4 (materials), 5 (window / door details), 6 (rainwater goods), 7 (rooflights) and 8 (landscape) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/01395/FPA for conversion of agricultural building to 2 dwellings
Coldstream Farm Croxdale Durham DH6 5JD
Received 25 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02937/FPA
Erection of 5no. three bedroomed dormer bungalows and 1no. detached garage (amended description).
Dunromin Cottage Foundry Row Coxhoe Durham DH6 4LE
Received 25 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02939/DRC
Discharge of Condition 10 (Landscape) pursuant to planning approval DM/23/03634/FPA
Land West Of The Garth 9 Old Eldon Shildon DL4 2QT
Received 28 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02940/VOC
Variation of Condition Numbers 2 (approved plans), 11 (arboricultural impact assessment), 14 (parking layout), 15 (plot 5 garage), 16 (bird/bat boxes), 18 (landscape strategy) 20 (ecological impact assessment) and 21 (Drainage Strategy), discharge of conditions 3 (archaeology), 4 (land contamination), 5 (Biodiversity Management and Monitoring Plan) and 6 (coal mining) of planning permission DM/23/00311/FPA for conversion of farm cottage and 4 no. new dwellings (Amended Description)
Newtown Farm Cottage Whitworth Road Spennymoor DL16 7QS
Received 28 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02941/DRC
Discharge of Condition 3 (Contaminated land) pursant to approval DM/23/01515/FPA in regard to unexpected tank farm (4no. additional tanks)
Asda Filling Station Yoden Way Peterlee SR8 1AR
Received 28 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02943/TCA
Pollarding of 1no. Laurel/Rotundifolia (T1), 30% crown thinning and 10% reduction of 1no. Hawthorne (T2) and 1no. Whitebeam (T3)
Milton House 15 Crossgate Peth Durham DH1 4PZ
Received 28 Oct 2024
DecidedDM/24/02944/FPA
Proposed rear single storey extension
7 Copley Bishop Auckland DL13 5LR
Received 28 Oct 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.

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