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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
11,961Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,535 approved or refused records
501Refused applications

9,034 approved · 501 refused · 456 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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

  1. DecidedDM/25/01231/CEU

    Lawful development certificate to provide confirmation that the development has commenced onsite to trigger the commencement of the planning consent DM/22/01514/FPA.

    1 Craigland Villas Durham Road Sacriston Durham DH7 6LX

    Received 8 May 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/01232/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 9 (archaeology) of Planning Permission DM/22/00120/FPA

    Land South Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (south) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5JX

    Received 8 May 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/01233/FPA

    Two storey extension to side

    87 Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0EP

    Received 8 May 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/01234/FPA

    Retention of two agricultural buildings

    Jolly Body Farm East Lane Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2YX

    Received 8 May 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/01235/TPO

    Removal of three trees: T1- Maple, T2- Sycamore, T3- Sycamore

    Thorpe Hall Wycliffe Barnard Castle DL12 9TW

    Received 8 May 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/01236/TCA

    G1- Fell: Leylandii, Norway Spruce, and Sitka Spruce

    Southcroft Moor Road Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PJ

    Received 8 May 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/01237/TCA

    T1 - Ash - FellT2 - Cherry - Fell

    Moor Cottage Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PG

    Received 8 May 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/01238/TCA

    G1 - Sycamore. Prune back to woodland boundary.

    68 Woodside Barnard Castle DL12 8AP

    Received 8 May 2025
  9. Pending DecisionDM/25/01239/LB

    Repointing and brickwork replacement where applicable, full roof re-slate, pitched insulation upgrading, all windows and doors to be refurbished and existing rear timber ramp replaced with a masonry access ramp and landscaping of the surrounding patio. (revised description).

    Lightfoot House St Chads College 19 - 19A North Bailey Durham DH1 3EW

    Received 8 May 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/01240/FPA

    Relocation of two benches, installation of public artwork, and associated paving.

    Land To The West Of 2 Lombard Drive Chester-le-Street DH3 4BD

    Received 9 May 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/01241/LB

    Replacement of flat roof with pitch roof, installation of family crest stone, removal of section of former external wall and minor internal reconfiguration.

    Wodencroft Lodge Wodencroft Road Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9UQ

    Received 9 May 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/01242/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Construction Management Plan) and 4 (Habitat Creation and Management Plan) pursuant to DM/23/00966/FPA

    Land North Of Croft Way Low Willington Industrial Estate Willington DL15 0BF

    Received 9 May 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/01243/FPA

    Demolition of existing conservatory to replace with single storey rear extension

    11 Westerton Close Binchester Moor Spennymoor DL16 7BJ

    Received 9 May 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/01244/FPA

    Retrospective application for change of use of land to the north of the dwelling to residential curtilage with the installation of a boundary fence and erection of an outbuilding.

    Rose Cottage Rookhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2BW

    Received 9 May 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/01245/TPO

    T1 (Beech) - Fell due to poor health and replace with suitable tree elsewhere in gardenT2 (Sycamore) - Fell due to poor health and replace with suitable tree elsewhere in garden

    Aingarth Thorpe Larches Stockton On Tees TS21 3HH

    Received 9 May 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/01026/FPA

    Partial demolition of existing building and rebuild dormer bungalow with single storey porch to eastern elevation

    Springwell Cottage Farm Satley Bishop Auckland DL13 4JP

    Received 14 Apr 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/01246/PNA

    Agricultural cubicle shed building

    Carrsides Farm Carrsides Lane Rushyford Ferryhill DL17 0NJ

    Received 12 May 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/01248/DRC

    Discharge of Conditions 5 (Water Infrastructure Build Out Programme) 6 (broadband) 7 (Footpath connections) 8 (Public Open Space Management Plan) and 18 (Public Open Space Strategy) pursuant of planning permission DM/21/03890/FPA

    Land To The South Of 100 To 106 Dean Road Ferryhill DL17 8ES

    Received 12 May 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/01249/LB

    Listed Building application to replace existing windows with timber side hung casement windows.

    43 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DQ

    Received 12 May 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/01250/DRC

    Discharge of condition 3 (landscape management plan) from planning permission DM/24/02300/FPA

    Walker Hall Walker Hall Road Winston Darlington DL2 3PN

    Received 12 May 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/01251/DRC

    Discharge of condition 5 (tree planting) pursuant to DM/18/03731/FPA

    Haggworm Hall Baldersdale Barnard Castle DL12 9UP

    Received 12 May 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/01252/FPA

    First floor side extension and conversion of garage into habitable room

    31 Moor Crescent Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1PB

    Received 12 May 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/01253/FPA

    Proposed alterations + extensions to create a double garage, new porch, + internal re-configuration.

    11 Chaucer Drive Crook DL15 9FN

    Received 12 May 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/01254/NMA

    Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/22/00707/VOC for relocation of 19 no. Alnus glutinosa 'Pyramidalis' trees from the rears of Blocks K, L, M, N, Q and R to the open space at the north of the site, and alternative planting proposals to the replace the relocated trees.

    Land At Ridding Road And Rowan Court And The Oaks Esh Winning DH7 9AQ

    Received 12 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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