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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
11,812Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,400 approved or refused records
500Refused applications

8,900 approved · 500 refused · 448 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. DecidedDM/25/00960/FPA

    Change of use from class E to hot food takeaway (sui generis) with external ventilation

    Greggs 54 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3BD

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/00961/AD

    Externally illuminated fascia sign

    Greggs 54 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3BD

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/00963/FPA

    Erection of a covered padel court

    Seaham Hall Hotel Seaham Hall Seaham SR7 7AG

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/00964/DRC

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (Construction Management Plan), 5 (Access Track Improvement), 10 (Colours and Finishes), 12 (Footpath Development) and 13 (Archaeology) pursuant to Appeal Decision APP/X1355/W/22/3308881 (DCC Reference DM/21/03420/FPA)

    Land At Croup Hill South Of Beaconsyde Farm Broadoaks Murton SR7 9SF

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/00966/FPA

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) including single storey rear extension and cycle parking

    53 Frank Street Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 2JF

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/00967/FPA

    Erection of agricultural storage building

    Land To West Of West Tofts Tofts Road Mickleton DL12 0LR

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/00969/FPA

    Demolition of existing garage and erection of a two storey side extension and single storey rear extension

    130 Mayfields Spennymoor DL16 6TT

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/00970/FPA

    Demolition of existing garage/store and erection of attached garage and installation of access gates and piers

    The Old Station House Stockton Road Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4SH

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/00971/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    1 West Close Stables Ferryhill DL17 0PU

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/00972/FPA

    Conversion of first and second floor dwelling to 2no. two-bedroomed flats including replacement of windows

    16 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7EG

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/00973/FPA

    Change of use from open space to residential garden with parking

    17 Church Street Durham DH1 3DQ

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/00974/TCA

    Felling and removal of 1no conifer/pine (T1), reduce height by 2m 1no silver birch (T2), reduce height by 2m and reshape 1no silver birch (T3), crown lift and reshape 2no silver birch (T4, T5)

    Chadgate Lowes Barn Bank Nevilles Cross Durham DH1 3QJ

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/00975/FPA

    Temporary Illuminated artwork text on scaffold support

    Bowes Museum Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NP

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/00977/DRC

    Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan requirement, and Discharge of Condition 5 (Final BNG HMMP) pursuant to consent DM/24/02048/FPA.

    Dawdon Mine Water Treatment Site Fox Cover Industrial Estate Seaham SR7 7DN

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/00978/TCA

    Removal of X2 Cedar (marked Tree 1 & 2 on submitted location plan)

    16A Tudhoe Village Spennymoor DL16 6LH

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/00979/TPO

    Felling of one Larch tree - TPO - DER-066

    North Lodge 1 Mill Farm Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1NW

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/00980/LB

    Installation of wood burning stove to first floor lounge with external flue pipe to side elevation

    The Old Cart Shed Messenger Bank Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HT

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/00982/PA56

    Prior Approval for the siting, design and external appearance for the construction of a general purpose agricultural building related to DM/25/00430/PNA

    Nook House Farm East View Helmington Row Crook DL15 0RP

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/00983/FPA

    First floor side extension, garage conversion into habitable room, forward extension to front of garage conversion.

    4 Middleham Close Ouston Chester-le-Street DH2 1TA

    Received 8 Apr 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/00984/CEU

    Residential domestic garden as part curtilage

    Honey Pot Cottage Newhouse Road Esh Winning Durham DH7 9LG

    Received 8 Apr 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/00985/FPA

    Replacement sunroom with insulated slate roof.

    Crawley Hall Crawleyside Bank Crawleyside Bishop Auckland DL13 2DX

    Received 8 Apr 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/00986/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    104 Bell Avenue Bowburn Durham DH6 5PJ

    Received 8 Apr 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/00987/HPN

    The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.2m, for which the maximum height would be 2.8m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.8m

    5 Hawthorn Close Murton Seaham SR7 9BY

    Received 8 Apr 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/00988/FPA

    Single storey extension to side and rear, pitched roof over garage to side and entrance canopy to front

    Hillside Cottage East Street East Stanley Stanley DH9 0UE

    Received 8 Apr 2025

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Researching a proposal in Durham County Council

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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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