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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
11,377Searchable applications
948Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,032 approved or refused records
484Refused applications

8,548 approved · 484 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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.

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

  1. DecidedDM/24/03463/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Phase 4 Verification Report) pursuant to planning approval DM/23/03439/VOC

    Greenland Community Primary South Moor Road South Moor Stanley DH9 7EZ

    Received 18 Dec 2024
  2. DecidedSCR/24/00020

    Request for EIA Screening Opinion - Co-located solar farm development (40MW) and battery energy storage system (16MW) (BESS)

    Land To The East Of Fire Station Green Lane Bishop Auckland DL14 6RS

    Received 20 Dec 2024
  3. DecidedDM/24/03465/RM

    Reserved Matters Application for all matters for the erection of a single bungalow pursuant to outline application ref: DM/23/03425/OUT (amended 22nd April 2025).

    Land South East Of York House Fir Tree DL15 8DG

    Received 18 Dec 2024
  4. DecidedDM/24/03466/FPA

    Installation of a ground mounted photovoltaic solar development, electrical substation and associated infrastructure.

    Land To The South Of Wagtail Lane Craghead DH7 0DT

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  5. DecidedDM/24/03467/FPA

    Renovation, restoration and redevelopment of former school and adjoining schoolmaster's house (and associated external works) to form 2no. dwellings with independent access, external amenity and servicing arrangements. Includes Change of Use of the existing school building to residential

    Forest-in-Teesdale School Forest-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0HA

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  6. DecidedDM/24/03468/DRC

    Discharge of condition 8 (highway condition survey) pursuant to DM/22/03757/FPA

    Land West Of Trimdon House Lodge Fishburn TS21 4BA

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  7. DecidedDM/24/03469/FPA

    Provide already constructed garden store to previously approved cycle shed ref DM/24/02774/FPA

    14 James Street Kip Hill Stanley DH9 8RH

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  8. DecidedDM/24/03470/FPA

    Change of use from Jewellers (Use Class E) with flat above (Use Class C3) to one dwelling (Use Class C3) including associated internal reconfiguration

    52A Galgate Barnard Castle DL12 8BH

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  9. DecidedDM/24/03471/LB

    Change of use from Jewellers (Use Class E) with flat above (Use Class C3) to one dwelling (Use Class C3) including associated internal reconfiguration

    52A Galgate Barnard Castle DL12 8BH

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  10. DecidedDM/24/03472/DRC

    Discharge Condition 9 (CEMP) and Condition 23 (CTMP) of application DM/22/03572/VOC for Seaham Garden Village Cell B

    Land South Of A182 Cold Hesledon SR7 8RL

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  11. DecidedDM/24/03473/FPA

    Installation of a solar farm, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), associated infrastructure such as hardstanding area and internal access track.

    Harehill Farm Haswell Plough Durham DH6 2BA

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  12. DecidedDM/24/03474/FPA

    Double dormer window to rear

    14 Providence Row Durham DH1 1RS

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  13. DecidedDM/24/03475/FPA

    Double dormer window to rear

    15 Providence Row Durham DH1 1RS

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  14. DecidedDM/24/03476/FPA

    Change of use of upper floor of building from commercial to 1 No. one bedroom apartment (C3)

    44 Medomsley Road Consett DH8 5HA

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  15. DecidedDM/24/03477/PNA

    Prior Notification under Class A of Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for erection of replacement agricultural building for machinery and hay

    Laverock Hall Blackton Eggleston Barnard Castle DL12 0AY

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  16. DecidedDM/24/03478/DRC

    Discharge of condition 4 (formal gardens) pursuant to planning application DM/23/00647/VOC.

    Beamish Park Gardens Beamish Stanley DH9 0RH

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  17. DecidedDM/24/03479/FPA

    Single storey extension to front

    16 Kirkham Close Newton Aycliffe DL5 4RS

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  18. DecidedDM/24/03480/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16 pursuant to DM/24/01310/FPA

    Land To The South Of 5 Lintzford Road Hamsterley Mill NE39 1HA

    Received 18 Dec 2024
  19. DecidedDM/24/03481/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 4 (roof details), 5 (window/door details), 6 (hard standing) and 10 (external lighting) pursuant to planning approval DM/24/00401/PN56

    Lower Westgarth Farm Copley Bent Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 5QP

    Received 24 Dec 2024
  20. DecidedDM/24/03482/NMA

    Non-material amendment application to planning permission pursuant to Condition 3 (Approved Plans) of Planning PermissionDM/24/01139/VOC to amend the onsite bin storage arrangements and amendment to the wording of Condition 17 (Car parking arrangements)of Planning Permission DM/24/01139/VOC to reflect the change to the onsite bin storage arrangements

    Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex Woodhouse Lane Bishop Auckland DL14 6JX

    Received 24 Dec 2024
  21. DecidedDM/24/03483/FPA

    Change of use of the existing two storey community hub to a two bedroom residential dwelling.

    Fairclough Court Community Centre Fairclough Court Peterlee SR8 2NB

    Received 24 Dec 2024
  22. DecidedDM/24/03485/FPA

    Erection of an outbuilding shed and climbing wall located behind double garage (retrospective).

    Hillcrest Springfield Park Durham DH1 4LS

    Received 24 Dec 2024
  23. DecidedDM/24/03486/FPA

    Demolition of existing car showroom and storage building and erection of 6no. industrial units (B2)

    Fred Henderson Langley Bridge Garage Durham Road Langley Moor Durham DH7 8JZ

    Received 24 Dec 2024
  24. Pending DecisionDM/24/03487/OUT

    Outline application for the erection of up to 20 dwellings and associated open space, SuDs and infrastructure (all matters reserved except access)

    Land To The South West Of 27 Durham Road West Bowburn DH6 5AU

    Received 24 Dec 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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