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.
8,716 approved · 491 refused · 441 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Mar 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Co-Op Buildings Plawsworth Road Sacriston DH7 6PD
Received 11 Feb 20256 Blaidwood Drive Durham DH1 3TD
Received 7 Feb 20258 Red Banks Chester-le-Street DH2 2XG
Received 10 Feb 2025Various Properties On Galgate, Horsemarket, Market Place And Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8EQ
Received 12 Feb 202555 Station Road Stanley DH9 0JL
Received 12 Feb 2025Land At The South Of Little Hare Farm Walkers Lane Middridge DL5 7JN
Received 12 Feb 202521 Askerton Drive Peterlee SR8 1PW
Received 12 Feb 202533B Escomb Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6HT
Received 12 Feb 2025Land To The South Of Bowburn Bridge And Pumping Station Bowburn Way Integra 61 North Bowburn DH6 5FU
Received 12 Feb 2025Land To The North West Of Turf Moor House South Side Butterknowle DL13 5JT
Received 12 Feb 2025Land West Of 4 East Deanery South Church DL14 6SQ
Received 12 Feb 2025Azalea 38 Lydgate Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3LF
Received 12 Feb 2025Unit 10 St Cuthberts Walk Chester-le-Street DH3 3YQ
Received 12 Feb 2025Land South Of 30 High Terrace Roddymoor DL15 9RA
Received 12 Feb 2025Car Park To Rear Of Red Lion Front Street Chester-le-Street
Received 12 Feb 202515 Victoria Street Seaham SR7 7ST
Received 12 Feb 202534 Greenwell Park Lanchester Durham DH7 0NW
Received 11 Feb 2025Land To The North Of Jade Business Park Murton SR7 9DR
Received 13 Feb 2025Land To South West Of Osborne Court Newfield DH2 2SZ
Received 13 Feb 20258 Whitesmocks Avenue Durham DH1 4HP
Received 13 Feb 2025Land To The North East Of Unit 1 Low Main Court Integra 61 North Bowburn DH6 5FG
Received 13 Feb 20254 Isherwood Close Newton Aycliffe DL5 5LG
Received 13 Feb 2025Nook House Farm East View Helmington Row Crook DL15 0RP
Received 13 Feb 20252 Trinity Mews Durham DH1 5GG
Received 13 Feb 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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