Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Durham County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,601 approved · 486 refused · 433 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
The Lodge Lanchester Durham DH7 0LF
Received 20 Jan 2025The Lodge Lanchester Durham DH7 0LF
Received 20 Jan 2025Durham City Retail Park Mcintyre Way Gilesgate Moor DH1 2RP
Received 20 Jan 2025Land Rear Of Tindale Crossing Public House Stadium Way St Helen Auckland DL14 9TW
Received 20 Jan 202538 Goodyear Crescent Sherburn Road Estate Durham DH1 2EB
Received 20 Jan 2025Lilac Lodge East Terrace Roddymoor Crook DL15 9QY
Received 20 Jan 202542 Homelands Court Helmington Row Crook DL15 0SA
Received 20 Jan 2025Land South Of 1-4 Rose Acre Shincliffe DH1 2NT
Received 20 Jan 202527 - 29 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DF
Received 20 Jan 202514 North Crescent Durham DH1 4NE
Received 20 Jan 2025Land East Of Vart Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6PQ
Received 21 Jan 20253 Hollinside Terrace Hollinside Durham DH7 0RQ
Received 21 Jan 2025Land To The North Of 22 Denebridge Row Chilton DL17 0HN
Received 21 Jan 202521 Wilson Street Barnard Castle DL12 8JU
Received 21 Jan 2025Cell C And Part Of Cell E1 Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX
Received 21 Jan 202511 Birchwood Close Beamish Stanley DH9 0SN
Received 21 Jan 2025Land To The South Of Travelodge Front Street Chester Moor DH2 3RJ
Received 21 Jan 2025Memorial Park Station Lane Pelton Fell
Received 21 Jan 2025Romaldkirk House Eggleston Lane Romaldkirk Barnard Castle DL12 9EE
Received 21 Jan 202518 North End Durham DH1 4NJ
Received 21 Jan 2025Land To The West Of Temperance Terrace Billy Row DL15 9TD
Received 22 Jan 2025Land To The South Of Puddlers Corner Roundabout Genesis Way Consett
Received 22 Jan 2025Land To The South Of Puddlers Corner Roundabout Genesis Way Consett
Received 22 Jan 2025Land To The West Of Drum Industrial Estate Drum Road Chester-le-Street
Received 22 Jan 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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