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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
12,788Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,278 approved or refused records
529Refused applications

9,749 approved · 529 refused · 491 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Mar 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/02863/PN56

    Prior Approval for the installation of solar panels on the roofs of Westlea Primary School, Seaham.

    Westlea Primary School Winslow Crescent Seaham SR7 8JU

    Received 10 Oct 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/02864/FPA

    Two storey rear extension and single storey front extension

    27 School Avenue Kelloe Durham DH6 4NH

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/02865/RM

    Reserved matters application (appearance, layout and scale) for erection of 1no detached dwelling at Plot 49 pursuant of outline planning permission DM/22/00209/OUT.

    Plot 49 Dunelm Stables Thornley

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/02866/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 3 (fenestration), 4 (materials) and 9 (construction management plan) pursuant to DM/22/00915/FPA

    Eden Hill Farm Twizell Lane West Pelton Stanley DH9 6SJ

    Received 9 Oct 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/02867/FPA

    Retrospective change of use of Office 1 from Office (Use Class E) to a Driving Test Centre (Use Class Sui Generis)

    Durham City Transport Durham City House St Johns Road Meadowfield Industrial Estate Meadowfield Durham DH7 8XQ

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/02869/DRC

    Discharge of condition 3 (advisory notice) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/00746/FPA.

    Shotton Pharmacy Front Street Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2LT

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/02870/FPA

    Proposed single storey side extension

    Keepers Cottage Lartington Barnard Castle DL12 9BP

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/02871/LB

    Proposed single storey side extension and replacement windows

    Keepers Cottage Lartington Barnard Castle DL12 9BP

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/02873/NMA

    Non-material amendment to condition 1 (approved plans) pursuant to DM/23/01906/RM comprising amendments to Plot 1 boundary

    Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/02874/NMA

    Non-material amendment to conditions 1 (approved plans), 2 (TPP), 3 (private drive crossings), 6 (landscaping), 8 (boundary treatment) and 9 (bat and bird boxes) pursuant to DM/23/01888/RM comprising amendments to plot 1 boundary

    Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/02875/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 construction of a steel framed general storage building for straw, machinery, feed

    Tees Farm Westwick Road Westwick Barnard Castle DL12 8UT

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/02877/TCA

    Holly (T1) - reduce height by 4m

    49 South Street Durham DH1 4QP

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/02878/PN56

    Prior notification for the installation of 409 solar panels on school roof

    Howletch Lane Primary School Pennine Drive Peterlee SR8 2NQ

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/02880/PN56

    Prior notification for installation of 278no solar panels

    West Cornforth Primary School High Street West Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9HP

    Received 10 Oct 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/02881/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 3 (sound proofing) and 4 (noise mitigation) pursuant to DM/24/02806/FPA

    37 North Road Durham DH1 4SE

    Received 13 Oct 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/02882/NMA

    Non-material amendment to planning permission DM/17/03062/FPA (Plot 3)

    Site Of Former Carlitos Ristorante Heugh Edge Sacriston DH7 6AU

    Received 9 Oct 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/02884/FPA

    Installation of three flues, an external store, a fresh air intake louvre, window, and two air cool chiller units (Retrospective)

    Pragmatic Semiconductor Limited St Johns Road Meadowfield Industrial Estate Meadowfield Durham DH7 8RJ

    Received 14 Oct 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/02885/NMA

    Non-material amendment to condition 2 (approved plans) of permission DM/22/03778/FPA (368 dwellings) for replacement of approved single garages with double garages at Plots 220-221, 126-127, 239-240, 258-259, inclusion of additional electrical Substation, and amendments to elevation of Plot 146.

    Land North And East Of Sniperley Farm Durham DH1 5RA

    Received 14 Oct 2025
  19. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/02887/FPA

    Self storage facility including erection of 6no. storage buildings, siting of 50no. storage containers and construction of hardstanding (retrospective).

    Blue Cube Storage At Land To The North Of Alisha House Kilburn Drive Horden SR8 4LG

    Received 14 Oct 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/02888/AD

    Fascia and projecting signs to front elevation and loading bay sign to side elevation

    3 Festival Walk Spennymoor DL16 6AB

    Received 14 Oct 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/02889/FPA

    Porch to front, metal garage to front curtilage.

    Pantiles Cadger Bank Lanchester Durham DH7 0HE

    Received 14 Oct 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/02890/TPO

    Prune overhanging branches of 2no Sycamore and 2no Willow plus 1no Whitebeam (G1) to 3m from garden side of boundary fence

    4 Pickwick Close Merryoaks Durham DH1 3QU

    Received 14 Oct 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/02891/TPO

    Lime - Reduce height by 3m and prune sides to shape (by up to 1.5m), Sycamore - Crown reduce and reshape by 3.5m - TPO-WVDC-2-2002

    15 Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP

    Received 14 Oct 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/02892/HRN

    Removal of 9m hedgerow to re-open existing gateway to provide access to the arable field

    Land To The North East Of School House Front Street North Cassop DH6 4RJ

    Received 14 Oct 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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