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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
11,727Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,323 approved or refused records
496Refused applications

8,827 approved · 496 refused · 446 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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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/25/00798/NMA

    Non material amendment of planning application DM/21/01611/FPA to remove the substation, canopy to side elevation, revolving door and roof access hatch, alterations to PV panels, alterations to louvre plant screen including addition of a roof ladder and design changes to doors/windows to northern elevation.

    Site Of Former Apollo Bingo Front Street New Durham DH1 2EP

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/00799/FPA

    Change use of land to provide an outdoor seating area, including enclosures, tables, seating, parasols and lighting

    Land To The North Of 28 North Terrace Seaham SR7 7EU

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/00800/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 3 (contamination), 6 (Construction Surface Water Management Plan), 7 (scheme to install underground tanks) and 8 (Construction Management Plan) pursuant to planning approval DM/23/01107/FPA.

    Wheatley Service Station Durham Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3LJ

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/00801/FPA

    Proposed extension over converted garage

    171 Woodhouse Lane Bishop Auckland DL14 6JT

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/00802/FPA

    Change of use from ground floor shop to 1 bed flat including alterations to the front and 2 no. windows to side elevation.

    28 Queen Alexandra Road Dawdon Seaham SR7 7QZ

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/00803/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    18 Wellington Road Barnard Castle DL12 8AT

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/00804/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) pursuant to approval ref DM/23/02839/FPA

    Lakeside House Lunedale Barnard Castle DL12 0PS

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  8. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/00806/FPA

    Erection of 3 No. 11.1 metre, vertical axis wind turbine and concrete pad

    Low Fields Eggleston Barnard Castle DL12 0AF

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/00807/VOC

    Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 12 (means of enclosure) and 29 (attenuation measures) to allow omission of proposed substation, adjusted position of plots 18-19, amendment to House type 1 to show cantilever canopy and feature panel,, handed plots 6, 14, and 37. Retaining wall adjacent to plots 49-51 amended, substitution of trellis fencing for close-boarded and submission of attenuation measures as well as removal of conditions 27 (substation details) and 33 (highway management and maintenance plan) which are no longer considered relevant of planning approval g

    Site Of Former Greyhound Track Front Street Merrington Lane Spennymoor DL16 7RS

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/00809/FPA

    Conversion of integral garage, insertion of window and extend drive

    6 Lowes Wynd Durham DH1 4NT

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/00810/FPA

    Single storey extension

    Wingate Nursery Kindergarten Park Cottage Welfare Grounds Wingate TS28 5AL

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  12. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/00811/FPA

    Conversion of redundant farm buildings to form 2no dwellings, access and associated works

    Whitehouse Farm Lumley Park Chester-le-Street DH3 4PB

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/00812/PNA

    Prior notification for the erection of 1no agricultural straw storage building

    Hope House Mainsforth Ferryhill DL17 9DW

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/00813/FPA

    Removal of existing boundary hedge to replace with fence

    39 Winchester Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5QU

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/00814/FPA

    Proposed single storey rear extension, and front entrance porch

    4 Wellington Road Barnard Castle DL12 8AT

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/00815/FPA

    Retention and relocation of fence (to exclude highway verge) and reduce height to 1.3m to front

    Hartmoor House 31 - 32 Leaholme Terrace Blackhall Colliery Hartlepool TS27 4AF

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/00816/FPA

    Change of use from residential to mixed residential with use of proposed outbuilding for barber shop

    Rose Cottage 2 Moor Road Staindrop Darlington DL2 3LF

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/00817/PNA

    Prior Notification for the erection of steel portal frame lean-to extension on existing agricultural building for agricultural machinery and winter fodder

    Reservoir House West Terrace Billy Row Crook DL15 9SS

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/00818/TPO

    Reduce crown by 1m to one Ash tree - TPO-CWUDC-1-1973.

    17 Gaskell Way Crook DL15 9TZ

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/00819/FPA

    First and second floor rear extension with dormer

    19 Dickenson Road West Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9JW

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/00820/TPO

    Various tree works

    Land To The North East Of 17 - 19 Blind Lane Chester-le-Street DH3 4AF

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/00821/CEU

    Certificate of existing lawful use of land as domestic garden space

    Land To The South-west Of Field House Station Road Stanley DH9 0JU

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/00822/TCA

    Felling of - T2 - Green Conifer, T4, T5, T6 - Maple, T7 - Ash x2, T8 - Row of Conifers - fell every other tree (15 in total), T9 - Horse chestnut, T10 - Ash, T11 - Horse chestnut, T12 - Lime, T13 -Ash, T14 - Lime, T16 - Conifer. (Section 211 notice)

    Oldstead 3 Church Lane Edmundbyers Consett DH8 9NQ

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/00823/FPA

    Two storey rear extension.

    93 Forster Avenue Sherburn Durham DH6 1EP

    Received 24 Mar 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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