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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
12,090Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,651 approved or refused records
507Refused applications

9,144 approved · 507 refused · 462 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/01623/DRC

    Discharge of condition 3 (materials) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/00810/FPA.

    Park Cottage Welfare Grounds Wingate TS28 5AL

    Received 17 Jun 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/01624/DRC

    Discharge of Condition(s) 3 (Materials) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/03427/FPA

    Wingate Community Nursery School Partridge Terrace Wingate TS28 5BD

    Received 17 Jun 2025
  3. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/01625/FPA

    Erection of 176no. dwellings (Use Class C3) and associated access, infrastructure and landscaping

    Land To The East Of Beacon Avenue Sedgefield TS21 3AE

    Received 17 Jun 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/01626/FPA

    Retention of the change of use of land from incidental open space to residential garden associated with No.3 Yorkshire Drive

    3 Yorkshire Drive Belmont Durham DH1 2DA

    Received 17 Jun 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/01627/DRC

    Variation of condition 11 pursuant to planning permission DM/24/02605/VOC relating to replacement planting scheme.

    DLI Museum Durham DH1 5TU

    Received 17 Jun 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/01628/FPA

    Change of use to equestrian and erection of stable block and hay store with associated fencing and hard surfacing, alterations to dwelling house (installation of solar panels, doorway, air source heat pump and raised platform to rear) and retrospective change of use from agricultural to domestic garden

    2 Newfield Farm Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2YX

    Received 17 Jun 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/01629/NMA

    Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/17/03062/FPA.

    Site Of Former Carlitos Ristorante Heugh Edge Sacriston DH7 6AU

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/01630/FPA

    Single-storey rear extension

    Tintagel High Street High Shincliffe Durham DH1 2PF

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/01631/FPA

    Two storey rear extension, alterations to fenestration, enlarge rear patio and reposition retaining wall steps including forming new lawned area

    Greenacres 9A School Street Witton-le-Wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0AS

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/01632/FPA

    Change of use to tanning salon (Sui Generis)

    Unit 18 Stainton Grove Industrial Estate Stainton Grove Barnard Castle DL12 8UJ

    Received 17 Jun 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/01633/DRC

    Proposed discharge of cond. 16 of application DM/24/01982/VOC: Landscape Management and Maintenance Plan for Cell B only

    Land South Of A182 Cold Hesledon SR7 8RL

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  12. Pending DecisionDM/25/01634/FPA

    Detached garage and storage unit with solar panels

    Brackenhill House Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2RA

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/01635/TCA

    Pollard Willow (T1) leaving stem at height of 2m.

    7 The Bowers Durham DH1 4EH

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/01636/FPA

    Installation of 12 solar panels on the front-facing roof of the property, and installation of an air source heat pump on the front west side of the property, replacing the existing oil tank

    Prospect House Brownside Lane Bolam Darlington DL2 2UP

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/01637/PN56

    Prior Notification under Class MA relating to the change of use of vacant shop to single 3bed dwellinghouse

    2 Ivanhoe Terrace Chester-le-Street DH3 3JB

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/01638/NMA

    Installation of 2no. shallow profile roof lights to recently approved rear extension (ref. DM/25/00891/FPA)

    49 South Street Durham DH1 4QP

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/01639/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Demolition Method Statement) from application DM/20/00576/LB

    Gatehouses Mount Oswald South Road Durham DH1 3TQ

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/01640/FPA

    Retention of single storey rear extension

    4 Stoneycroft Way Seaham SR7 7DG

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/01641/NMA

    Alteration to the extent of the demolition of the southern gatehouse following application DM/20/00575/FPA.

    Gatehouses Mount Oswald South Road Durham DH1 3TQ

    Received 18 Jun 2025
  20. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/01643/DRC

    Discharge of Conditions 41 (critical surface water infrastructure details), 43 (existing and proposed site levels) and 45 (hard surface treatment details) of planning permission DM/22/03778/FPA (368 dwellings).

    Land North And East Of Sniperley Farm Durham DH1 5RA

    Received 19 Jun 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/01644/FPA

    Creation of new access including hardstanding, fencing and gates for land maintenance purposes

    Land West Of Valley Terrace Howden-le-Wear DL15 8EP

    Received 19 Jun 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/01645/NMA

    Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/24/02903/RM to allow for the relocation of the garden store door, the omission of sliding doors and addition of bifold doors and alterations to the the design of the ground floor flat roof projection (family room).

    Site Of Former Durham Trinity School And Sports College Bek Premises Trouts Lane Witton Gilbert DH1 5RH

    Received 19 Jun 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/01646/FPA

    Proposed Granny Flat: Garage Conversion with Front and Side Extension

    16 Abbots Green Willington Crook DL15 0QY

    Received 19 Jun 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/01647/FPA

    Two-storey side extension and single-storey extension to the rear

    20 Vicarage Estate Wingate TS28 5BP

    Received 18 Jun 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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