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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

12,855Searchable applications

970Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 10,334 approved or refused records

532Refused applications

9,802 approved · 532 refused · 497 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Council contacts

Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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.

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/25/02982/TPO
Oak and Lime (G1) - prune back trees to boundary line of property (not to exceed 4m) - amended description
42 Faraday Court Nevilles Cross Durham DH1 4FG
Received 22 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02984/DRC
Discharge Condition 10 (Drainage) of Planning Permission DM/20/00189/OUT
Land South East Of (Rear Of St Philips Close) William Street Auckland Park DL14 8RJ
Received 22 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02985/HPN
Single storey rear extension.
1 Viewforth Villas Crossgate Moor Durham DH1 4AF
Received 17 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02986/FPA
Retention of single storey rear extension
3 Naylor Road Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2EA
Received 20 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02988/PA56
Erection of an agricultural general purpose building for the housing of fertilizer as well as storage for straw and other farm owned items.
North Farm Butsfield Lane West Butsfield Bishop Auckland DL13 4JD
Received 22 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02989/FPA
Engineering works to create altered access including concrete tracks and hardcore hardstanding (Retrospective)
Land To The East Of The Old Vicarage Glebe Side Frosterley DL13 2QT
Received 23 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02990/DRC
PARTIAL Discharge of Condition 10 (Details of colours and finishes) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/24/00834/FPA
Greenfield Academy Greenfield Way Newton Aycliffe DL5 7LF
Received 23 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02991/DRC
Discharge of Conditions 4 (Badger Setts) and 5 (Bird and Bat Boxes and Log Piles) pursuant to consent DM/24/03284/FPA
Land To The East Of Unit 7 Dragonville Retail Park Dragon Lane Durham DH1 2WP
Received 23 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02992/FPA
Two storey side/front extension and associated alterations.
Brackendale Thorpe Larches Stockton On Tees TS21 3HH
Received 23 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02993/DRC
Discharge of Conditions 7 (materials), 8 (hard surfacing), 9 (cycle and bin storage), 10 (solar PV panels),11 (air source heat pump), 25 (pumping station) & 26 (noise impact assessment of pumping station), pursuant to planning permission DM/23/03617/FPA for erection of 56 dwellings
Land North And East Of Petwell Cottage Sunderland Road Easington Village SR8 3AT
Received 23 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02994/NMA
Non-material amendment to the wording of condition 4 (landscape maintenance scheme) pursuant to DM/23/01359/FPA
Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX
Received 23 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02995/PNA
Installing a roof over existing muck store and enclosing with timber pace bard on the north and west elevations other elevations against existing buildings others open to facilitate access.
Haswell Moor Farm Haswell Durham DH6 2BD
Received 23 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02996/RM
Reserved Matters Application for scale, appearance and landscape for erection of 1no detached dwelling and garage at Plot 48 pursuant of outline planning permission DM/22/00209/OUT
Plot 48 Land To The West Of Dunelm Stables Thornley Durham DH6 3BN
Received 22 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02997/PN56
Prior Notification (Part 3 Class G) for change of use of vacant upper floor offices into 2no. self-contained flats
Durham C I U Headquarters Ltd Club Union House Flass Street Durham DH1 4EF
Received 24 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02998/PNA
Agricultural storage building
Land To The South Of Charters Crescent Charters Crescent South Hetton DH6 2TW
Received 24 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/02999/HPN
Prior approval for erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6.0m, for which the maximum height would be 4.0m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.68m
34 St Cuthberts Avenue Chester-le-Street DH3 3PS
Received 24 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/03000/NMA
Non-material amendment to conditon 2 (approved plans) of DM/24/02030/VOC (retail store) to relocate a disabled parking bay, to add wing motifs and to ensure consistency between site plan and tree information in relation to details of trees for removal.
Site Of Former Bus Depot Chester Road East Stanley DH9 0TH
Received 24 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/03001/NMA
Non-material amendment to the wording of conditions 8 (site access), 9 (estate roads), 12 (materials), 13 (surface materials), 14 (enclosures) and 15 (landscape scheme) pursuant to DM/20/01185/FPA
Land To The West Of Grice Court Staindrop DL2 3PH
Received 24 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/03002/OUT
Outline planning application for one residential dwelling
Stables Bank Top Terrace Trimdon Village TS29 6PW
Received 24 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/03003/DRC
Discharge of condition 11 (Phase 4) pursuant to DM/23/03330/FPA
Bus Depot Morland Street Bishop Auckland DL14 6JG
Received 24 Oct 2025
Pending ConsiderationDM/25/03005/FPA
Mixed-use development of the site retaining and refurbishing the existing commercial floorspace at ground and part first floor, creation of new residential buildings within the upper floors of the existing building and the erection of a new build element to the rear of the site.
35 - 45 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7EW
Received 27 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/03006/NMA
Non-material amendment pursuant to consent DM/21/03890/FPA in order to amend the wording of Condition 9 (M4(2) Details) to a compliance condition
Land To The South Of 100 To 106 Dean Road Ferryhill DL17 8ES
Received 23 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/03007/FPA
Erection of single storey front extension.
1 Parkhouse Villas Langley Park Durham DH7 6TW
Received 22 Oct 2025
DecidedDM/25/03008/FPA
Demolition of existing porch and construction of new single storey extension
St Marys Presbytery Vart Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6PQ
Received 22 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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