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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

11,212Searchable applications

949Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 8,875 approved or refused records

474Refused applications

8,401 approved · 474 refused · 418 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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/24/03034/TPO
25% crown reduction and secondary previously pollarded limb cut to fence height to 1 no. Lime tree
29 Church Wynd Sherburn Village Durham DH6 1QU
Received 7 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03035/AD
Installation of internally illuminated aluminium fascia sign
38 King Street Spennymoor DL16 6QJ
Received 7 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03036/CPO
Proposed rear single storey extension
Rainbow Cottage 7 Palmers Terrace Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AN
Received 7 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03037/LB
New windows to the front elevation ground and first floor. New door to replace the existing door to the rear store building.
2 Butts Crescent Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2UG
Received 7 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03038/TPO
T1 - Ash - Removal of 1no. small branch only, branch has been previously reduced (adjacent to 73 Lawson Road)T2 - Oak - Reduce tips on overhanging branches by 1.5m only (adjacent to 73 Lawson Road)Remove visible deadwood as required, pruning back to sound wood or appropriate branch junction/s (amended description)
Bowburn Hall Hotel Bowburn Hall Road Bowburn Durham DH6 5NH
Received 7 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03039/DRC
Submission of details pursuant to condition 6 of DM/23/03718/VOC (Retail park) relating to details of air conditioning/extraction unit for restaurant.Reason: In the interests of public amenity, in accordance with the objectives of Policies 6 and 31 of the County Durham Plan and having regard to Part 15 of the NPPF
Unit 9 Bishop Auckland Retail Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9AA
Received 7 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03040/CPO
Certificate of proposed use for the property (Use Class C3) to be used as a solo residential children's home (Use Class C2) for children aged between 6 and 17 years with up to three carers working on a rota based shift pattern, including sleeping overnight
31 Pendle Close Peterlee SR8 2JS
Received 8 Nov 2024
Pending ConsiderationDM/24/03041/FPA
Change of use of land to side from open space to domestic garden and enclosure with timber fence (Retrospective)
1 Bowmont Drive Tanfield Lea Stanley DH9 9PF
Received 11 Nov 2024
Pending DecisionDM/24/03042/FPA
Erection of 2no. 3 bedroom detached dwellings (Amended site layout plan)
Land To The East Of Airedale House Church Street Wheatley Hill DH6 3PT
Received 8 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03043/CEU
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for existing and continued use of 2 residential flats (C3 Dwellinghouses) to HMO (C4)
Ground Floor And First Floor Flats Rounton Fieldhouse Lane Durham DH1 4NB
Received 8 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03044/DRC
Discharge of condition 6 (Details of boundary wall) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/02329/FPA.
Home Farm Lartington
Received 8 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03045/FPA
Single storey replacement rear extension connecting the detached garage to the property to provide additional habitable rooms.
17 The Copse Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6HA
Received 8 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03046/LB
Removal of Royal Mail wall mounted post box (wall box) and remediation and reinstatement of aperture in locally sourced and matched Blaxter stone and 2mm lime pointing (revised description)
Entrance Gateway To Windlestone Hall Windlestone Park Windlestone
Received 8 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03047/FPA
Single story rear extension - APPLICATION WITHDRAWN - HPN TO BE SUBMITTED
21 Cedar Court Catchgate Stanley DH9 8LY
Received 8 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03048/DRC
Discharge of Conditions 4 (updated arboricultural method statement), 5 (landscaping scheme), 7 (pedestrian guardrail) and 8 (bird boxes pursuant to planning permission DM/24/02181/FPA.
Cotsford Infant School Cotsford Lane Horden Peterlee SR8 4TB
Received 11 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03049/FPA
Change of use of first floor flat (Class C3) into extra office space in association with Jacs Accountancy (Class E)
35A Seaside Lane Easington Colliery Peterlee SR8 3PG
Received 7 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03050/VOC
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/01004/FPA (retrospective installation of additional solar PV panels).
Robert Forster House Gill Crescent North Woodstone Village Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6AW
Received 11 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03051/AD
Retrospective Advertisement Consent for x1 internally-illuminated fascia sign (front of building) and x1 internally-illuminated sign (internal sign).
Unit 10 Bishop Auckland Retail Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9AA
Received 11 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03052/FPA
Single storey rear extension and replacement garage roof from flat to pitched
29 Mayfields Spennymoor DL16 6RW
Received 11 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03053/FPA
Two-storey side extension, and porch to the front elevation
13 High Carr Road Framwellgate Moor Durham DH1 5AT
Received 11 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03054/LB
Convert the existing attic space to a bedroom with en-suite, including a new staircase from the 2nd floor, replacement skylights and alterations to existing bedrooms. Convert the outbuilding to an office space including introduction of a skylight into the flat roof.
90 Gilesgate Durham DH1 1HY
Received 11 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03055/NMA
Non-material amendment to Conditions 2 (Approved Plans) and 5 (Coal Mining Investigation) of Planning Permission DM/22/00120/FPA
Land South Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (south) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5JX
Received 11 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03056/FPA
Erection of 1no. dormer bungalow
Land To The South Of Co-Operative Funeral Service Front Street Sherburn Hill DH6 1PA
Received 11 Nov 2024
DecidedDM/24/03057/HPN
Single storey rear extension
21 Rowan Oval Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3BY
Received 11 Nov 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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