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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

12,116Searchable applications

970Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 9,674 approved or refused records

507Refused applications

9,167 approved · 507 refused · 462 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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/25/01675/FPA
Change of use of open space to residential curtilage and erection of 1.9m fence
Land To The South Of 72 Heath Road Middlestone Moor Spennymoor DL16 7DS
Received 23 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01676/DRC
Discharge of Condition 7 (Contaminated Land) and 8 (Contaminated Land- Phase 4) pursuant to application DM/19/00978/OUT in relation to Plot number 1 only.
Site Of Former Durham Trinity School And Sports College Bek Premises Trouts Lane Witton Gilbert DH1 5RH
Received 16 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01677/PA56
Installation of mesh fence up to a height of 1.15 metres (to the top of the existing parapet), with a curved 460mm wire section (with supports at 1.5 metre intervals) extending over the whole length of the viaduct.
Durham Railway Viaduct South West Of Train Station Station Approach Durham DH1 4RB
Received 16 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01678/AD
1no free standing 'V' shaped signage board.
Land North And West Of Almond Close Spennymoor DL16 7YG
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01679/FPA
Erection of a self building dwellinghouse including access, landscaping and boundary treatments.
Land To The South Of Playground Dene View High Hesleden TS27 4QE
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01680/AD
Replacement signage comprising 1no externally illuminated double-sided hanging sign upon existing bracket, 1no externally illuminated fascia sign, 1no non-illuminated door plaque and fascia sign, 1no internally illuminated menu case plus 2no window vinyls (Amended Description)
The Library 45 - 46 Saddler Street Durham DH1 3NU
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01681/FPA
Change of use of land from open space to domestic curtilage (retrospective)
Land To The North Of 11 Clarendon Court Shildon DL4 1RB
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01682/DRC
Partial discharge of conditions 14 (external plant), 18 (lighting), 19 (hardsurfaced areas and boundary treatments). 20 (cycle storage) and 21 (bin storage) pursuant to planning permisison DM/23/02905/FPA relating to phase 1 only.
Plot 3B Merchant Park Millennium Way Aycliffe Business Park DL5 6UG
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01683/DRC
Discharge of Conditions 5 (Sport England Community Use), 8 (Sport England FIFA Quality), and 13 (Contamination Verification) pursuant to consent DM/23/02201/FPA.
New College Durham Framwellgate Moor Durham DH1 5ES
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01684/FPA
Single-storey rear extension
18 Ellerby Mews Thornley Durham DH6 3FB
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01685/FPA
Single storey rear extension
1 Warwick Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6UA
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01686/NMA
Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/23/03312/VOC for the variation to the boundary treatment to plots 1 and 2 and acoustic fence detail
Land Adjoining Snook Acres Front Street Witton Gilbert DH7 6SY
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01687/HPN
Prior notification application for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a projection of 7.86 metres, an eaves height of 2.99m metres and a total height of 3.13 metres.
1 Pilkington Way Auckland Park Bishop Auckland DL14 8YN
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01688/DRC
Discharge of Condition 9 pursuant to planning permission DM/24/00009/FPA
5 Valeside Durham DH1 4RF
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01689/FPA
Single-storey side extension
20 Watson Park Spennymoor DL16 6NB
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01690/FPA
Erection of detached annex to rear
72 Heath Road Middlestone Moor Spennymoor DL16 7DS
Received 23 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01691/FPA
Stone boundary wall at entrance and extension and altered position of previously approved access track
Burnlee Bowes Close Ramshaw Bishop Auckland DL14 0NX
Received 24 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01692/NMA
Non-material amendment pursuant to consent DM/24/01070/VOC for plot substitutions in Miller Homes parcels at Plots 117, 130, 138, 139, 155 and 158.
Land To The East Of Regents Court Sherburn Road Durham DH1 2RZ
Received 25 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01693/FPA
Replacement of existing conservatory with ground floor garden room extension.
21 Vane Road Barnard Castle DL12 8AQ
Received 25 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01694/FPA
Two storey side extension
44 Consett Road Castleside Consett DH8 9QL
Received 25 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01695/FPA
Change of Use from House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) to a flexible use permission as a House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) and a Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) under the provisions of Class V of Part 3 of Schedule 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). (amended description)
9 Monks Crescent Gilesgate Durham DH1 1HD
Received 25 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01696/FPA
Proposed refurbishment and remodelling of existing mixed-use property (Use Class Sui Generis), currently comprising a ground floor bar with WCs and store, and a first floor self-contained flat, into a single five-bedroom dwelling (Use Class C3). Proposed external alterations include redecoration of the front elevation, re-rendering of the rear elevation, re-roofing, the replacement of windows and doors and the forming of a timber bin store to the front.
Wheatsheaf Inn 13 Front Street Leadgate Consett DH8 7SA
Received 25 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01697/TPO
T1 and T2 - Limes - Reduce crown height by a maximum of 2m, pruning back to an appropriately sized side branch, shortening the sides by a maximum of 1.5m to shape. Remove epicormic growth. T3 - Sycamore, shorten branches in lower crown north side by a maximum of 2m, while shortening back branches in the upper crown north side by a maximum of 1.5m, back to an appropriately sized side branch.- TPO - BCRDC-1-1963
1 Witton Way High Etherley Bishop Auckland DL14 0LR
Received 25 Jun 2025
DecidedDM/25/01698/FPA
Conversion and subdivision of Masonic Hall to provide 8 No. multi use commercial units (Use Classes E(a), E(b), E(f), E(g)(i) and E(g)(ii)), including minor external alterations, external seating area and car park alterations.
Masonic Hall Front Street Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6PT
Received 25 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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