Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Durham County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,401 approved · 513 refused · 475 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
3 Hazel Grove Bishop Auckland DL14 7RF
Received 15 Jul 2025Plot 7 Land North East Of St. Aidans Terrace Trimdon Station TS29 6BT
Received 16 Jul 20251A North Lodge Chester-le-Street DH3 4BA
Received 16 Jul 20257 Woodlea Lanchester Durham DH7 0NL
Received 16 Jul 2025Suite 4 Avenue House Greenwell Road Newton Aycliffe DL5 4DH
Received 16 Jul 2025Durham Academy Bracken Court Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7NG
Received 16 Jul 2025Homer Hill Farm Pittington Road Rainton Gate Houghton-Le-Spring DH5 9RG
Received 16 Jul 2025The Castle The Village Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4SL
Received 16 Jul 2025Laurendale Farm Fleming Field Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2JQ
Received 16 Jul 20254 Paddock Close Chilton Ferryhill DL17 0EE
Received 15 Jul 202552 Cutlers Hall Road Benfieldside Consett DH8 8RE
Received 16 Jul 202515 Hall Gardens Sherburn Durham DH6 1EB
Received 17 Jul 2025Our Lady And St Thomas RC Primary School Cumberland Terrace Willington Crook DL15 0PB
Received 9 Jul 202512 Hollowdene Garth Crook DL15 8LT
Received 17 Jul 2025Moorcock Farm Barningham Richmond DL11 7DY
Received 17 Jul 2025Stanley Board School Front Street Stanley DH9 0SU
Received 17 Jul 202547 The Oval Ouston Chester-le-Street DH2 1RN
Received 17 Jul 202548 Front Street Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5DS
Received 17 Jul 2025Sugar Hill Primary School Sheraton Road Newton Aycliffe DL5 5NU
Received 17 Jul 2025Unit B Belmont Industrial Estate Durham DH1 1HP
Received 17 Jul 202542 And 42A The Bank Barnard Castle DL12 8PN
Received 17 Jul 2025St Cuthberts House Diamond Terrace Durham DH1 5SU
Received 17 Jul 2025Stoneycroft Woodlands Park Farm Woodlands Park Consett DH8 9EZ
Received 17 Jul 2025Land To The East, South And West Of Benridge Farm, Fillpoke Lane Blackhall Rocks TS27 4BT
Received 18 Jul 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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