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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 dates11,283Searchable applications
948Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 8,943 approved or refused records
477Refused applications
8,466 approved · 477 refused · 421 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/03221/TPO
59 - Lime - Remove visible deadwood as required, pruning back to sound wood or appropriate branch junctions455 - Oak - Reduce lowest most branches back by 3m to clear car parking area, inspection of main limb required. DCC Tree Officer to be made aware of condition of limb493 - Oak - Remove visible deadwood as required, pruning back to sound wood or appropriate branch junction/sGA - Fire Road (from oxygen storage area to Trust HQ car park) Crown lift/prune back branches overhanging the road, back beyond the retaining wall, up to a height of 5.5m, and fell several small trees leaning over the road that are growing within 1m of the roadB - Beech and Willow - No action requiredGC - (from Fire Road entrance up to the Oxygen Storage Area) Prune back branches on the roadside up to 1.5m and round off tall shrubs within 2.5m of the road/barrier209 - Sycamore - Crown lift to include the pruning of light, pendulous growth in the lower tree crown eg shortening or removal of secondary branches under 50/75mm diameter, not main structural branches over this size. Crown lifting would include mostly epicormic growth, clearing the building (Amended description)
University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW
Received 28 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03222/DRC
Proposed discharge of condition 10 of approval DM/22/02314/FPA: Erection of a Care Home with associated vehicle parking, landscaping and infrastructure
Land To The South Of Bowburn Bridge And Pumping Station Bowburn Way Integra 61 North Bowburn DH6 5FU
Received 28 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03223/FPA
Garage conversion into habitable room to include single storey front extension, additional parking to front.
3 Leyburn Close Ouston Chester-le-Street DH2 1TD
Received 28 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03224/FPA
Change of use from shop to hot food take-away with kitchen canopy and ventilation system
Unit 2 46 Gibside Chester-le-Street DH2 2TT
Received 27 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03225/FPA
Erection of 8no Industrial storage units.
Wellfield Depot Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4TE
Received 21 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03226/CEU
Certificate of Lawful Use falling within Class C4 - Small House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
11 Mayorswell Street Durham DH1 1LQ
Received 27 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03227/FPA
Retention of summerhouse, gazebo and decking areas.
7 Hysehope Terrace Consett DH8 6AJ
Received 28 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03228/TPO
Removal of all self seeded saplings predominantly Birch, with a view to preserve all mature deciduous hardwood trees. Possible target pruning of limbs protruding over garden area. TPO-DER-104
Malton Lodge Officials Terrace Malton Durham DH7 0TH
Received 29 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03229/FPA
Erection of agricultural building
The Glebe Wycliffe Barnard Castle DL12 9TU
Received 29 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03230/FPA
Erection of close boarded timber boundary fence to side and rear of garden area.
6 Ascot Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0NU
Received 29 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03231/FPA
Weather canopy to existing main entrance
Citizens House Station Road Consett DH8 5RL
Received 29 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03232/FPA
Change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to small house in multiple occupation (C4 HMO) including additional parking to front, cycle storage and bin storage to rear
50 Newton Drive Framwellgate Moor Durham DH1 5BE
Received 29 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03234/FPA
Two storey side extension
5 High Hamsterley Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1HD
Received 29 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03235/FPA
Single storey rear kitchen extension
24 Glenroy Gardens Chester-le-Street DH2 2JH
Received 29 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03236/TCA
Fell 1no. Rowan Tree
10 St Charles Road Tudhoe Village Spennymoor DL16 6JY
Received 29 Nov 2024 - DecidedSCR/24/00019
To determine the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to accompany a planning application, for a proposed battery storage system at land at Red hall Farm, just off the A167 Ferryhill, DL17 8RT.
Land To The North East Of Red Hall Farm Ferryhill DL17 8RT
Received 28 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03239/PA56
Prior approval for erection of agricultural building for machinery and animal feed
Low Wood House Dent Gate Lane Langleydale Barnard Castle DL12 8RX
Received 29 Nov 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03240/DRC
Discharge of condition 23 (travel plan) pursuant to 1/2012/0661/85673
Ever Ready Industrial Estate Tanfield Lea Industrial Estate North Stanley
Received 2 Dec 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03242/PNA
Prior notification for the formation of an access track for the purposes of woodland creation, forestry management, harvesting and extraction
Land To The South Of Stanley Hall Farm Stanley Crook DL15 9AW
Received 2 Dec 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03243/FPA
First floor extension above entrance porch
High Grange Farm Shincliffe Durham DH1 2TD
Received 2 Dec 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03245/FPA
Replace chimney with like for like structure
Former Queens Head 35 Front Street West Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9HW
Received 2 Dec 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03246/LB
Create new interface details with the new bus station including new flashings, making good of existing roof slates and gable coping and creation of non structural joints to the adjacent bus station building. Render boarding to the exposed brickwork leaf of the gable wall.
27 North Road Durham DH1 4SG
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Pending ConsiderationDM/24/03248/VOC
Remove Condition 13 (BREEAM) from Planning Permission DM/22/00506/FPA for industrial units and associated works
Wapping Park Gresley Road South West Industrial Estate Peterlee SR8 2LU
Received 2 Dec 2024 - DecidedDM/24/03249/FPA
Two storey extension to side with single storey extension to rear
15 Greenways Sunnybrow Crook DL15 0LX
Received 2 Dec 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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