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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
11,508Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,123 approved or refused records
487Refused applications

8,636 approved · 487 refused · 435 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Mar 2014 to 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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.

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/25/00262/FPA

    Front porch and single storey rear extension

    4 Carrhouse Walk Seaham SR7 8LE

    Received 29 Jan 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/00263/TCA

    Felling of one Lime tree - Section 211 notice

    Pine Crest The Copse Witton-le-Wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0BA

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  3. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/00265/WAS

    Expansion of anaerobic digestion facility from 120,000 to 150,000 tonnes per annum, including new tanks, a third digester, additional gas storage and treatment equipment, odour control, site road alterations, new buildings and relocated facilities with associated parking storage and loading areas

    Emerald Biogas Preston Road Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6AB

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/00266/FPA

    Erection of an external canopy to the main entrance

    Sedgefield Out Of School Hours Club Sedgefield Primary School Rectory Row Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2BJ

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/00267/FPA

    Change of use of land to private equestrian use and erection of a stable block (2no. stables and 1no. tack/foaling room)

    Land To The South Of Esperley Lane Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5RB

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/00268/FPA

    Erection of 1no. 4bed detached dwelling with integral garage and outbuilding (amended plans)

    Land North Of Dog And Gun PH Front Street Great Lumley

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/00269/FPA

    Change of use of commercial first floor and attic roof space (Class E) to create a 5-bed HMO (Class C4) including insertion of rooflights to front and rear

    22 Silver Street Durham DH1 3RD

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/00270/AD

    Modernisation of existing two-sided totem with single-sided internally illuminated digital display

    Retail Park Development Dragon Lane Gilesgate DH1 2RL

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/00271/VOC

    Variation of condition 4 (delivery hours) pursuant to planning permission DM/21/01752/FPA.

    37 North Road Durham DH1 4SE

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/00272/FPA

    Partial conversion of detached double garage to form ancillary living accommodation

    The Beeches Delves Lane Consett DH8 7ES

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/00273/TCA

    The trees are located on a small incline at public open land adjacent to Shildon Railway Station and Kilburns WarehousePlease refer to STSM for scope of works and location plan

    Land To The West Of 1 - 2 Soho Cottages Shildon DL4 1PD

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/00274/TCA

    Fell Conifer to ground level and crown reduce and reshape Hawthorn by 2m

    4 Stockley Grove Brancepeth Durham DH7 8DU

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/00275/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Hardstanding Materials) pursuant to DM/24/02641/FPA

    10 Greenfields Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PX

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/00277/FPA

    Front porch, first floor with two-storey and single-storey rear extensions

    Stonehill Bungalow Dunelm Road Thornley Durham DH6 3HA

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/00283/PA56

    Prior approval application for the formation of an access track for the purposes of woodland creation, forestry management, harvesting and extraction (relating to previous application DM/24/03242/PNA)

    Land To The South Of Stanley Hall Farm Stanley Crook DL15 9AW

    Received 24 Jan 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/00284/HPN

    Prior notification application for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a projection of 6 metres, an eaves height of 2.99 metres and a total height of 4 metres.

    17 Drybourne Park Shildon DL4 1JA

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  17. Pending ConsiderationSCO/25/00003

    Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion in accordance with Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, as amended, in relation to the re-development of properties within Gilesgate Comprising of York Cottage/Burdon House, Manor House and Belverdere House

    York Cottage, Burdon House, Manor House And Belvedere House Gilesgate Durham

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/00286/FPA

    Garage extension to front and gated access to driveway

    Millview Front Street South Quarrington Hill Durham DH6 4QN

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/00287/FPA

    Construction and operation of a solar park together with associated equipment, infrastructure and ancillary works (Cross boundary site with Sunderland City Council)

    Land To The East Of Stockton Road Seaham SR7 0PB

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  20. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/00289/FPA

    Two storey side extension

    63 Moor Crescent Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1DJ

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/00290/LB

    The addition of 8 new roof windows to roof fabric.

    St Michael And All Angels Church Church Lane Frosterley

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/00291/NMA

    Non-material amendment to condition 2 (approved plans) pursuant to DM/20/02681/FPA (as amended by DM/23/02389/NMA and DM/23/03184/NMA) comprising amendments to boundary treatment to plots 1-13, 53-55 and 77-80

    Land North Of Windsor Drive South Hetton DH6 2UU

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/00293/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) pursuant to application DM/24/02591/FPA.

    Elliot And Hirst Gledstone House 26 Newmarket Street Consett DH8 5LQ

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/00294/PNA

    Steel portal frame storage unit for management/maintenance equipment for adjacent large scale forestry planting areas

    South Causey Inn Causey Road Causey Stanley DH9 0LS

    Received 3 Feb 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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