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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
11,527Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,140 approved or refused records
488Refused applications

8,652 approved · 488 refused · 437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/25/00295/FPA

    Existing garage to be demolished. Single storey rear extension with pitched roof to match existing house. 1 car parking space to be retained, and fence boundary to be partially raised.

    1 The Crossways Scorers Lane Great Lumley Chester-le-Street DH3 4JP

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/00296/TCA

    Felling of one Yew and Laburnum / Laurel tree to north of property. - Section 211 notice

    The Old Methodist Church Front Street Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HQ

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/00297/FPA

    Erection of boundary fence, pillars and automated gates in excess of 1 metre high adjacent to highway

    Fernwood House Fernwood Grove Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1BP

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/00298/VOC

    Variation of Conditions 2 and 3 pursuant to planning permission 6/1988/0179/DM

    Grange Cottage Headlam Darlington DL2 3HA

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/00299/AD

    Erection of non-illuminated sign 1.6m above finished ground level

    Land To The East Of Warren Plantation Adjacent To A167 Newton Aycliffe

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/00300/TCA

    Remove five overhanging branches from the rear garden of 4 Hunters Close from one Ash tree (Section 211 notice)

    Emerge House 26 Manor Road Medomsley Consett DH8 6QW

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/00301/FPA

    Air conditioning condenser units and extract ducts.

    Swift House Unit 13 Mandale Park Belmont Industrial Estate Durham DH1 1TN

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/00302/AD

    Two fascia signs and two projecting signs

    Swift House Unit 13 Mandale Park Belmont Industrial Estate Durham DH1 1TN

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/00303/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Construction Management Plan), 4 (Contaminated Land) and 5 (Biodiversity) pursuant to planning approval DM/23/03271/FPA

    Depot Mill Road Langley Moor Durham DH7 8HL

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/00304/FPA

    Front porch

    Rose Villa 13 The Villas Greencroft Stanley DH9 8PA

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/00306/HPN

    Prior notification application for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a projection of 3.26 metres, an eaves height of 2.17 metres and a total height of 3.29 metres.

    73 Penhill Close Ouston Chester-le-Street DH2 1SG

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/00309/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 7 (solar panels) pursuant to DM/21/04010/RM

    Glencrest Kennels And Cattery Glencrest Copley Lane Copley Bishop Auckland DL13 5LW

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/00310/DRC

    Discharge of conditions no.4 (render) and no.5 (gates) from application DM/24/00714/FPA

    36 Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett DH8 5TD

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/00311/FPA

    Change of use from takeaway unit (Sui Generis) to takeaway unit (Sui Generis) and retail unit (Class E) including shop front alterations

    9 Station Road Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7PX

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/00312/FPA

    Replacement of windows to front elevation

    9 Rectory Row Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2BL

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/00313/NMA

    Proposed s.96a non-material amendment to planning permission DM/23/03605/RM consisting of; the introduction of pv panels to all dwellings, 1 bed units within a smaller apartment block, amended parking and turning head at the apartment block, reduction in garden areas of plots 32 and 33.

    Land South Of A182 Cold Hesledon SR7 8RL

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/00314/DRC

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 16 of DM/23/01932/FPA (new industrial unit) relating to remediation Strategy - Phase 3.

    Land To The West Of Drum Industrial Estate Drum Road Chester-le-Street

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/00315/FPA

    Installation of 1 No. Conservation style rooflight and a timber door

    The Old Smithy Cross Street Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2AH

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/00316/FPA

    Change of use of land from agricultural field to domestic garden, 2no. storage sheds and lighting column (retrospective)

    Land Rear Of 17 To 21 High Escomb Escomb DL14 7ST

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/00317/FPA

    Erection of 1no general-purpose barn.

    Weterton House Farm Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3DU

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/00318/TCA

    T1. Willow - pollard leaving the stem at 0.5m - (Section 211 notice)

    Moray House Crow Hall Howden Bank Lanchester Durham DH7 0QJ

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/00319/DRC

    Discharge of Condition no's 3 (Stone Samples), 4 (Coats of Arms Details) and 5 (Mortar Mix/Repointing Method Statement) for application DM/24/02099/LB.

    Union Society Palace Green Durham DH1 3EP

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/00320/CPO

    Certificate of proposed use for the property (Use Class C3) to be used as a solo residential children's home (Use Class C2) for a child aged between 8 and 17 years with up to two carers working on a rota based shift pattern, including sleeping overnight

    Loud Stables Loud Hill Stanley DH9 8PL

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  24. Pending ConsiderationSCO/25/00005

    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 St Hild and St Bede and 19th College with Student Hub

    Durham University Bede College St Hilds Lane Durham DH1 1QL

    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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