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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

11,425Searchable applications

948Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 9,071 approved or refused records

484Refused applications

8,587 approved · 484 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning information Planning Planning applications and advice.Contact planning Planning advice and enquiries

Council contacts

Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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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.

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More application records

DecidedDM/25/00105/FPA
New pitched roof to garage and front porch, part garage conversion to provide downstairs WC and extended utility area
95 Hilda Park South Pelaw Chester-le-Street DH2 2JS
Received 14 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00106/FPA
Addition of mezzanine floor in association with change of use of the unit to a mixed use including storage, manufacture, retail (including sale of food and drink to customers) and two cricket batting lanes for testing, training and cricket practice. (Sui Generis)
4 Innovation Court Meadowfield Industrial Estate Meadowfield Durham DH7 8FA
Received 14 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00107/CPO
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for Proposed Loft Conversion to form Additional Bedroom with En-Suite incorporating 1No Rooflight upon Front Elevation and 1No Dormer Window upon Rear Elevation
36 Coquet Drive Perkinsville Chester-le-Street DH2 1EW
Received 14 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00108/FPA
Replace existing timber balcony walkway area with hardcore and paving stone structure.
Sacriston Cricket Club Front Street Sacriston Durham DH7 6JT
Received 14 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00109/AD
2no. non-illuminated totem consisting x2 7500mm x 200mm diameter circular legs with welded base plates (and cross braces between posts) and open back folded panels mounted between
Land South West Of Hotel 52 Thinford Park Thinford DH6 5JQ
Received 14 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00110/DRC
Discharge of Condition 3 (Construction Management Plan) of Planning Permission DM/22/00120/FPA
Land South Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (south) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5JX
Received 14 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00111/FPA
Change of use of dwelling house (Use Class C3) to childrens home (Use Class C2) for up to three children aged between 5 to 16 years
Byers Green House Church Street Byers Green Spennymoor DL16 7NL
Received 14 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00112/TPO
T3 Sycamore - crown lift to 3m as specified, T4 Hornbeam - crown lift up to 3m (this may include small diameter side branches under 25mm diameter only to maintain clearances. The tree must be pruned evenly all round to maintain natural form and symmetry), T6 Sycamore - crown lift to clear main stem not exceeding 3.5m (Amended Description)
Murton Grange Care Home Knaresborough Road Murton Seaham SR7 9RQ
Received 14 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00113/FPA
Single storey side (bedroom) extension and associated alterations to the existing door and window arrangements. Convert from holiday let to a family home. New driveway ('no dig'), parking, and access path.
Arbour House Farm Bungalow Crossgate Moor Durham DH1 4TQ
Received 13 Jan 2025
Pending DecisionDM/25/00114/FPA
Change of use of agricultural land, demolition of workers dwelling, extension of existing scrap yard & offices and the introduction of a deceleration splay into the site
Coppy Crooks House West Auckland Road Shildon DL4 1PY
Received 13 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00115/FPA
Warehouse extension (1995sqm)
Unit 46 Number One Industrial Estate Consett DH8 6SZ
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00116/FPA
Installation of EV charger and associated cabling, to be fixed to outer surface of existing stone walling.
17 Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HD
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00117/LB
Installation of EV charger and associated cabling, to be fixed to outer surface of existing stone walling.
17 Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HD
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00118/AD
Erection and display of 2no illuminated totem poles, 2no external single sided roundels, 1no. banner frame, 2no Drive-thru text signs, 1no illuminated menu board, 1no illuminated panel menu boards, 2no wall-mounted wordmark signs, 2no illuminated mini totem signs and 1no suspended sign
Site Of Former Bede House St Cuthberts Way Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6DX
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00119/AD
Temporary display of iconic images of Durham on this premises ahead of the commencement of works, pursuant to application DM/22/03232/FPA
First To Third Floors 4 - 6 Silver Street Durham DH1 3RB
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00120/FPA
Installation of bronze statue of Robert Stephenson (Grade II Listed,1867, by Baron Carlo Marochetti) on land located between Locomotion Main Hall and Locomotion New Hall.
Locomotion The NRM At Shildon Dale Road Industrial Estate Shildon DL4 2RE
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00121/AD
Fabricated aluminium sign case, overall size 3300mm wide x 750mm high x 75mm deep, powder coated black. The face of sign panel is to be aperture and fitted with 12mm thick Opal 050 acrylic letters which will be face and hao illuminated by low voltage LEDs assembled onto a 10mm thick white foamex backplate.
15 Church Chare Chester-le-Street DH3 3PZ
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00122/FPA
Single storey extension to rear of property
8 Byron Court Crook DL15 9TS
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00123/FPA
Single storey side extension
1 Crossleas Sacriston Durham DH7 6BF
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00124/AD
Installation of illuminated fascia sign and 1no. projecting sign
Subway 86 Dalton Park Murton Seaham SR7 9HU
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00125/AD
Installation of new advertisement
Unit 2 Bishop Auckland Retail Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9AA
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00126/TCA
1. Cherry in front garden - trim to top of the tree to take it down to about four feet below the wires 2. Lawson Cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana and Leyland Cypress Cupressus x leylandii in rear garden - trim 8 to 10 feet off the top of the tallest and trim both to become more manageable
31 Orchard Drive Durham DH1 1LA
Received 15 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00127/FPA
Installation of 14 solar panel on front roof.Associated battery storage inside garage.EV charger on side of house
19 Fitzhugh Court Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QU
Received 16 Jan 2025
DecidedDM/25/00128/RM
Reserved Matters application (all matters, being details of the permanent access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of a converter station, and the laying out of replacement public open space on land to the west and south of Jade Business Park pursuant to DM/22/01663/OUT
Field North Of Coop House Wood And South Of The Jade Business Park Access Road Windermere Road South Hetton SR7 9TP
Received 16 Jan 2025

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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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