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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
13,792Searchable applications
963Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 11,164 approved or refused records
564Refused applications

10,600 approved · 564 refused · 547 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. DecidedDM/25/03224/DRC

    Planning Permission DM/25/01698/FPA - discharge conditions 4 (bird boxes), 7 (windows and doors), 9 (Phase 1 assessment) and 10 (Air Con).

    Masonic Hall Front Street Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6PT

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/03225/FPA

    Replacement roofs to rear, removal of existing conservatory replaced with single extension

    18 Staindrop Road West Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9JX

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/03226/FPA

    Change of use of part of paddock to garden (retrospective)

    Mountsett House Mountsett Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6AZ

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/03227/CPO

    Demolition of existing conservatory to replace with single storey rear extension

    2 Bamburgh Road Newton Hall Durham DH1 5NW

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/03228/VOC

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission DM/24/01149/FPA.

    162 Front Street Chester-le-Street DH3 3AY

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/03229/FPA

    Change of use of 1no. first floor bedroom to beauty business

    35 Blackiston Close Coxhoe Durham DH6 4SU

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/03230/TCA

    T1 - Western Red Cedar. Removal to ground level - Section 211 noticeUn-sound main union with risk of failure over house and drive way

    Holbeck Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2JS

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/03231/LB

    Replace defective stone roof balusters and seatings with natural sandstone, repairs to chimney stack including removal of pot and cap off with coping stone

    Middle Building King James I Academy South Church Road Bishop Auckland DL14 7JZ

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/03232/CPO

    Certificate of proposed use of a dwelling house (Class C3) as a Children's Home (Class C2) occupied by a maximum of 3 children (under 18 years of age), living together where care is provided for them on a rota basis, including sleeping overnight

    Olive Lodge Station Lane Pelton Fell Chester-le-Street DH2 2RL

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/03233/FPA

    Upgrade existing CCTV cameras

    Southill Hall Plawsworth Chester-le-Street DH3 4EQ

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/03234/LB

    Upgrade existing CCTV cameras

    Southill Hall Plawsworth Chester-le-Street DH3 4EQ

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/03235/NMA

    Location and size of the 'Velux' style roof windows to the front roof elevation amended. Amendments to fenestration/doors on the west facing elevation of the partial garage conversion.

    9 St Gregory Close Staindrop Darlington DL2 3LG

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/03236/FPA

    Conversion and change of use from residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to childrens home (Use Class C2) for up to 4 Children aged 5 -17 years, including demolition of existing garage block, associated internal and external alterations including render to north elevation, works to wall and CCTV cameras

    The Vicarage 8 Manor Road St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9EN

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/03237/FPA

    Two storey and single storey side extensions, single storey rear extension, single storey front extension and loft conversion with dormer balcony to rear

    39 Parkside Crescent Seaham SR7 7UQ

    Received 18 Nov 2025
  15. DecidedTPO/421/2025

    Land at 11 Chaucer Drive Crook Tree Preservation Order 2025

    11 Chaucer Drive Crook DL15 9FN

    Received 18 Nov 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/03238/PA56

    Prior approval for the construction of a steel framed general storage building for straw, machinery, feed pursuant to DM/25/02875/PNA

    Tees Farm Westwick Road Westwick Barnard Castle DL12 8UT

    Received 18 Nov 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/03239/LB

    A range of cores and holes bored/drilled from the concrete structure to test for: material composition; moisture content; carbonation depth; chloride concentration; concrete strength; asbestos content; likelihood of active corrosion in reinforcement; potential for future corrosion in reinforcement.

    Kingsgate Bridge New Elvet Durham DH1 1XF

    Received 18 Nov 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/03240/NMA

    Non-material amendment to the wording of conditions 26 (delivery of commercial floorspace) and 27 (phasing statement for remaining commercial floorspace) pursuant to DM/15/02714/OUT (as amended)

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

    Received 18 Nov 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/03241/FPA

    Internal layout alterations including extending into attached existing outbuilding.Windows and doors upgraded.

    East Holme Lunedale Barnard Castle DL12 0NX

    Received 18 Nov 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/03242/FPA

    Replacement windows

    Lakeside House Lunedale Barnard Castle DL12 0PS

    Received 18 Nov 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/03243/FPA

    Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and construction of single storey extension

    New House Farm Hunwick Bishop Auckland DL14 7RL

    Received 18 Nov 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/03244/PNA

    Prior Notification for the formation of an access track within field (not including field access).

    2 Greenside Horsleyhope Consett DH8 9DA

    Received 18 Nov 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/03245/FPA

    Dormer window to the front elevation, erection of detached outbuilding to the front

    52 Ashbourne Drive Coxhoe Durham DH6 4SW

    Received 18 Nov 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/03246/TCA

    970 - Mixed Broadleaves - Sever Ivy at the base of 3 X mature Ash trees969 - Ash - Remove the crown, leaving the stem as a standing monolith at 4m

    St Margarets Allotments Margery Lane Durham

    Received 18 Nov 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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