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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

12,345Searchable applications

970Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 9,876 approved or refused records

513Refused applications

9,363 approved · 513 refused · 474 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning information Planning Planning applications and advice.Contact planning Planning advice and enquiries

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/25/01831/FPA
Erection of 4-bed self build detached dwelling, garage block and associated external works and site enclosure
Site Of Former Scotts Buildings Newcastle Road Nevilles Cross
Received 7 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01833/LB
Listed Buildings Consent for change of use from former dental practice to 4no. holiday cottages (1no. three bedroomed, 2no. two bedroomed and 1no. one bedroomed) including replacement windows to rear, replacement rainwater goods to the front and insertion of roof light in rear off-shoot
6 Market Place Bishop Auckland DL14 7NJ
Received 4 Jul 2025
Pending ConsiderationDM/25/01835/FPA
Temporary installation of a battery energy storage system, along with ancillary infrastructure, acoustic and security fencing, access, landscaping provision and ecological enhancements (amended site boundary)
Caravan Storage The Woodlands South Hetton DH6 2RX
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01836/PNA
Prior Notification under Class A of Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the erection of agricultural building for machinery and hay
Land South West Of Hauxwell Grange Marwood DL12 8QU
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01837/VOC
'Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to alter layout of new builds, 3 (nutrient neutrality), 4 (BNG), 8 (trees), 13 (bat & bird habitat compensation plan), 21 (boundary treatments) & 23 (drainage) of DM/23/02254/FPA
Whorlton Hall Hospital Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XQ
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01838/HPN
The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.95m, for which the maximum height would be 3.7m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.5m
35 Washington Crescent Newton Aycliffe DL5 4AG
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01839/FPA
Conversion and extension of existing garage buildings to create a 'L' shaped office building connected to the existing building. Removal of existing entrance gates, installation of new external staircase, replacement of existing window with door at first floor, new cycle storage facility and EV charge point.
Royal Hotel Front Street Stanley DH9 0JQ
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01840/HRN
Removal of 15m of hedgerow
Land To The North-West Of Pelton East Farm Brackenbeds Lane Pelton DH2 1HZ
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01841/TPO
Front row of sycamore and ash trees to be crown lifted, overhanging dead wood and dangerous branches to be removed back to boundary line or best pruning point, felling and removal of 1no sycamore to remove, understory and overhanging epicormic growth to cut back and remove - work to 1no ash tree omitted (amended description)
Land To The South Of Sycamore Lodge Hill Street Seaham SR7 7QN
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01842/TCA
Felling and removal of 1no horse chestnut (T1) also prune back growth to allow 1-2 m from footpath and 2-3m clearance from neighbouring property and boundary of mixed young woodland species (G1)
Land To West Of The Beeches 1 Beech View Sherburn House DH1 2SF
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01843/TCA
Tree 1 Eucalyptus (located near pond area), one large limb growing towards property to be removed back near to stem. Remove small diameter branch on northern side overhanging Birch tree and remove dead wood. Tree 2 Eucalyptus Located on northern boundary, reduce and balance canopy to remove end weight by 2/3m, prune out all deadwood. Group 1 Sycamores - Crown lift by 2/3m small diameter branches, not scaffold limbs. Pines: remove one dead Pine tree. - Section 211 notice
The Pines Manor Road Medomsley Consett DH8 6QL
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01844/PNA
Prior Notification for construction of new access track to serve Dene House Farm
Land Adjacent To School House Front Street North Cassop Durham DH6 4RJ
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01845/TCA
Felling of one Cherry tree - Section 211 notice
23 - 24 High Street Witton-le-Wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0AY
Received 8 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01847/DRC
Discharge of Conditions 5 (Hard Surface), 8 (Broadband), Condition 9 (EV Charging Points), and 15 (Carbon Emissions) pursuant to DM/22/01539/FPA
East Farm Middleton-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0RR
Received 7 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01848/FPA
Erection of porch, and garage conversion into a habitable room
18 Coventry Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5XD
Received 7 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01849/FPA
Single-storey rear extension
92 Blackiston Close Coxhoe Durham DH6 4SX
Received 7 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01851/FPA
Proposed single storey rear sunlounge/conservatory
7 Claire House Way Barnard Castle DL12 8FA
Received 7 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01852/LB
Internal reconfiguration, replace front door, install first floor side and rear windows, rear door and external handrail leading to first floor door
1 Mill Cottage Demesnes Barnard Castle DL12 8PE
Received 9 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01853/NMA
New window in east elevation (first floor) and roof lights to north (rear) elevation
Briscoe Farmhouse Briscoe Lane Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9UL
Received 9 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01854/CPO
Erection of classroom building
Forest Park School Durham Way South Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6XP
Received 9 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01855/TPO
T1 Maple - Partial crown reduction of side growth overhanging the property boundary not exceeding a 1m lateral reduction (amended description)
Kilbroney Chapel Court Sherburn Durham DH6 1HS
Received 9 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01856/FPA
Replacement front extension and garage conversion
29 Woodifield Hill Crook DL15 9NU
Received 9 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01857/FPA
Ground floor, single story extension to side, integral garage conversion, internal reconfiguration and associated external alterations.
64 Archery Rise Durham DH1 4LA
Received 9 Jul 2025
DecidedDM/25/01858/LB
Replacement/repair of damaged stonework door overmantle and stone bracket detail.
6 Staindrop Road West Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9JX
Received 9 Jul 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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