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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
13,762Searchable applications
963Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 11,137 approved or refused records
563Refused applications

10,574 approved · 563 refused · 546 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Feb 2014 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Pending ConsiderationTPO/411/2025

    Land Adjacent to 28 Osprey Close Tree Preservation Order 2025

    Land To The South Of 28 Osprey Close Esh Winning DH7 9JP

    Received 1 Sept 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/03197/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) pursuant to planning planning DM/25/01220/FPA.

    Whitegates 16B Iveston Lane Iveston Consett DH8 7TD

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/03198/DRC

    Discharge of condition 4 Construction and Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/03169/FPA.

    Land West Of Petrol Filling Station Bank Top Terrace Trimdon Village TS29 6PW

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/03199/PN56

    Prior Notification under Class MA of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of the 1st floor of Bridge House from Class E to six C3 residential dwellings.

    First Floor Office Bridge House North Road Durham DH1 4PW

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/03200/DRC

    Discharge of condition 5 (verification report) and condition 14 (parking sign locations) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/02935/FPA.

    Garage 2 Garage Block Bewick Crescent Newton Aycliffe

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/03201/FPA

    Replacement of refrigeration plant and installation of new plant equipment including two air conditioning units, replacement of external doors, installation of new and replacement fencing to the rear, and redecoration of the shopfront

    9 - 10 Market Street Ferryhill DL17 8JN

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/03203/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 5 (estate road design), 6 (landscaping), 9 (bat and bird box details), 11 (drainage), 12 (surface water infrastructure details), 13 (archaeological post investigation assessment), 14 (contamination), 26 (materials) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/03169/FPA.

    Land West Of Petrol Filling Station Bank Top Terrace Trimdon Village TS29 6PW

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/03204/FPA

    Proposed shop front renovation and minor internal works

    2 - 4 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7EG

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/03205/TPO

    T1 - spruce - fell cut as close to ground level as in decline. T2 - laburnum - remove limb over hanging graves, concerns for the graves could be damaged. T3 - Cherry plum - storm damaged, remove. G1 - group of holy trees - prune back by 1 to 2m to clear church so scaffolding can be erected to repair roof. - TPO-WVDC-14-1986

    St Edmunds Parish Church Church Lane Edmundbyers Consett DH8 9NQ

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/03206/DRC

    Discharge of condition 5 (feature glazing details) pursuant to planning approval DM/24/01167/FPA

    Newlands Hall Frosterley Bishop Auckland DL13 2SH

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/03207/NMA

    Non-material amendment to condition 3 (CMP) pursuant to DM/20/01185/FPA as approved under DM/23/01419/DRC

    Land To The West Of Grice Court Staindrop DL2 3PH

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/03208/FPA

    Two storey side extension, bay window to front elevation, and alterations to rear windows

    6 Hexham Court Sacriston Durham DH7 6XQ

    Received 13 Nov 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/03209/HRA

    Habitats Regulations Assessment pursuant to installation of additional prison accommodation units

    HM Young Offenders Institution Deerbolt Bowes Road Startforth Barnard Castle DL12 9BG

    Received 12 Nov 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/03210/FPA

    Demolition of existing pavilion and the erection of new pavilion

    Raby Castle Cricket Ground Raby Park Staindrop Darlington DL2 3AH

    Received 14 Nov 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/03211/PND

    Prior Notification for the demolition of Old Boathouse at Cowgreen Reservoir

    Land To The South East Of Harwood Shoot Hut Harwood DL12 0HX

    Received 14 Nov 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/03212/FPA

    Erection of kiosks and associated works

    Sewage Treatment Works Cobeys Carr Lane Todhills DL15 0DJ

    Received 14 Nov 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/03213/LB

    Upgrade existing fire doors

    Southill Hall Plawsworth Chester-le-Street DH3 4EQ

    Received 14 Nov 2025
  18. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/03215/FPA

    Erection of artificial grass pitch (AGP), perimeter and acoustic fencing, LED lighting columns and associated car parking area.

    Park View Upper School And Sixth Form Church Chare Chester-le-street DH3 3QA

    Received 14 Nov 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/03216/LB

    Replace uPVC (ground floor) and timber (first floor) windows at the side & rear of the property with double glazed wooden sliding sash windows.

    92 Galgate Barnard Castle DL12 8BJ

    Received 14 Nov 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/03217/PND

    Prior notification for the demolition of a 2 storey outbuilding and single storey store/toilets.

    2 Middle Street Blackhall Colliery Hartlepool TS27 4EA

    Received 14 Nov 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/03218/FPA

    Erection of new dwelling

    Land North Of Horns Garden Centre Dixon Estate Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2PX

    Received 14 Nov 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/03219/TCA

    T129 - Pollard large Ash tree, T140 - Reduce Ash trees with significant Ash Dieback, T4324 - Pollard Ash to 5m, T4454 - Remove Ash trees, and T4457 - Fell 4 small Ash trees with class 3 Ash Dieback

    Durham School Quarryheads Lane Durham DH1 4SZ

    Received 14 Nov 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/03220/AD

    Advertisement consent for 1 set of entrance lettering, front elevation box section feature frame and a projecting sign to side elevation

    Reel Cinemas Unit 7 Bishop Auckland Retail Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9AA

    Received 14 Nov 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/03223/LB

    Repainting front and windows, and door (amended description).

    144 Gilesgate Durham DH1 1QQ

    Received 17 Nov 2025

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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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