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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

11,938Searchable applications

970Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 9,513 approved or refused records

501Refused applications

9,012 approved · 501 refused · 456 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Council contacts

Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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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.

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More application records

DecidedDM/25/01175/DRC
Submission of details pursuant to condition 8 of planning permission DM/19/00283/OUT (Outline planning application (All matters reserved) for an Industrial and Trade Park (Class B1(c)/B2/B8) with ancillary office space, Hotel (Class C1), Pub (Class A4) and Roadside Restaurant and Retail Units (Class A1/A3/A5) with petrol station (sui generis) and associated infrastructure including an electric power station, parking and landscaping relating to site investigations for land contamination for phase 1A only.
Land West Of Newton Park Services Newton Park Coatham Mundeville DL1 3NL
Received 1 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01176/DRC
Discharge of condition 3 (details of all doors and windows) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/02517/FPA.
Langton Farm Back Lane Headlam Darlington DL2 3HB
Received 1 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01177/TCA
Felling and removal of ash (T4725) and larch (T4736) plus crown lift 3-4m of common oak (T4726) and cut large lateral limb of wild cherry (T4728)
Mount Joy Farmhouse Stockton Road Durham DH1 3SD
Received 1 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01178/TPO
T1. Hazel - CoppiceT2. Ash - Crown reduce by 1.5m and crown lift to 4mG1. Conifers - Reduce height by 50%G2. Elm, Cherry, Ash and Sycamore - Crown lift to 5m and reduce remaining lateral branches by 2m
Land To The East Of 71-73 Rothbury Road Newton Hall DH1 5PF
Received 1 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01179/TCA
T1 - Eucalyptus - 2m crown reduction
3A Wood Street Barnard Castle DL12 8JS
Received 1 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01180/PNA
Prior Notification under Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for steel frame, wide span agricultural livestock building.
Linburn Hall Farm Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3QL
Received 1 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01182/RM
Reserved matters application in relation to landscaping and access pursuant to planning permission DM/24/00795/OUT
Land To The South Of Greystone Front Street Haswell Plough Durham DH6 2EW
Received 30 Apr 2025
DecidedDM/25/01183/VOC
Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 3 (Roof Material) and 4 (Stone Sample) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/01850/FPA to alter roof material
1 Derwent View Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6PZ
Received 1 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01184/FPA
Garage conversion and replacement of existing flat roof with pitched
37 Birchmere Spennymoor DL16 6TU
Received 2 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01185/FPA
Demolition of existing school buildings and development of a replacement school, along with car parking, hard and soft landscaping, playing pitches and access arrangements.
Framwellgate School Finchale Road Framwellgate Moor Durham DH1 5BQ
Received 2 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01186/FPA
Removal and replacement of existing timber cladding systems and associated works
Freemans Quay Freemans Place Durham DH1 1SW
Received 2 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01188/HPN
Prior notification for the erection of a single-storey rear extension projecting 3.92m from the original south facing rear elevation of the host dwelling with a height of 2.52m to its eaves and an overall height of 3.63m to the highest point of its lean-to mono-pitched roof above ground level
75 Musgrave Gardens Gilesgate Durham DH1 1PL
Received 2 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01189/DRC
Discharge of conditions 3 (roof sample), 4 (sample panel), 9 (nutrient neutrality), 11 (building recording), 14 (windows and doors) pursuant to DM/24/02824/VOC
Shields Barn Bail Hill Road Mickleton Barnard Castle DL12 0JB
Received 2 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01190/AD
Proposal for 1no. non-illuminated fascia sign on the front elevation and 1no. non-illuminated fascia sign on the rear elevation of the building.
First Floor 11 Ashfield Terrace Chester-le-Street DH3 3PD
Received 2 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01191/DRC
Discharge of condition 4 (noise impact assessment) pursuant to DM/23/01549/FPA
71 Front Street Stanley DH9 0TA
Received 6 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01192/FPA
Retrospective application for change of use from domestic garage to pilates studio with retrospective extensions at side and rear
The Copse Foxes Row Brancepeth Durham DH7 8DH
Received 6 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01193/FPA
Two-storey side extension
23 St Barnabas Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6ET
Received 6 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01194/TPO
Reduce canopy to previous reduction points maintaining a semi-mature tree at a reduced height.
15 The Hawthorns Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 8TX
Received 6 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01195/TPO
T1 Oak. Prune South East part of crown, overhanging fence back towards boundary ( 2 - 2.5 M ) Prune from just above fence to 10 metres, measured from level of lawn in garden. Remove the 'soft growth' on the outer / lower parts of the tree crown to reduce the overall size and spread of the tree by shortening or removal of secondary branches under 75mm diameter and less than 2.5M in length, not main structural branches over this size. - TPO-DER-079
1 Mason Avenue Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0TS
Received 6 May 2025
DecidedSCR/25/00013
EIA Screening Opinion in relation to the proposed development of a 49.9MW solar farm and associated battery storage
Hallfield Farm Easington Peterlee SR8 3NY
Received 2 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01197/LB
Structural repair and strengthening of existing kitchen roof trusses, replacement of kitchen vaulted ceiling, replacement of rotten ceiling joists and damaged lath and plaster ceiling to Cloakroom. Installation of 3 No. steel pattress restraints to bulging garage north gable wall, renewal of lime render finish to east gable wall, like for like replacement of timber horizontally sliding sash window to garage north gable and repairs to brick garden wall.
Lumley Park House Lumley New Road Castle Dene Chester-le-street DH3 4EY
Received 6 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01198/FPA
Extension of single-storey golf driving range to provide an additional ten bays.
Sharpley Golf Course Seaton Seaham SR7 0NP
Received 6 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01199/DRC
Discharge of conditions 4 (engineering details) pursuant to DM/23/02170/FPA
Land North And West Of Almond Close Spennymoor DL16 7YG
Received 6 May 2025
DecidedDM/25/01200/DRC
Discharge of condition 5 (surface water drainage) pursuant to DM/23/02170/FPA
Land North And West Of Almond Close Spennymoor DL16 7YG
Received 6 May 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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