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.
10,667 approved · 566 refused · 553 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Hole House Farm Lanchester Durham DH7 0SY
Received 25 Nov 20257 Riverside Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3BP
Received 25 Nov 20251 Cobblers Cottages Browney Bank Satley Bishop Auckland DL13 4HX
Received 25 Nov 2025Brookside Newbiggin Barnard Castle DL12 0TY
Received 25 Nov 2025Alderwood Durham Road Wingate TS28 5HP
Received 25 Nov 2025Durham County Council County Hall Framwelgate Peth Durham DH1 5UQ
Received 24 Nov 2025Land To The South East Of Laurendale Farm Fleming Field Shotton Colliery DH6 2JQ
Received 21 Nov 2025Helen McArdle Care Melbury Court Old Dryburn Way Durham DH1 5SE
Received 26 Nov 2025Hulands Quarry And Adjoining Land To The East The Street Bowes DL12 9JW
Received 26 Nov 2025Woodruff Grange Elm Park Farm Elm Park Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 6SE
Received 26 Nov 2025Snows Green Farm Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0EW
Received 26 Nov 20254 Orchard Gardens Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 3JY
Received 25 Nov 202513 Escomb Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6AB
Received 27 Nov 20252 Bath Terrace Seaham SR7 7EZ
Received 27 Nov 202536 East Law Consett DH8 0QJ
Received 27 Nov 2025Meadow Farm Park Ramshaw Lane Ramshaw Bishop Auckland DL14 0NB
Received 27 Nov 2025193 Gilesgate Durham DH1 1QN
Received 27 Nov 2025The Stables 4 Brancepeth Manor Farm West Brandon Crook DL15 9AS
Received 27 Nov 2025The Deanery The College Durham DH1 3EQ
Received 27 Nov 2025Hillside House Mordon Stockton On Tees TS21 2EY
Received 27 Nov 2025Pound House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QJ
Received 28 Nov 20259 High Street West Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9HN
Received 28 Nov 2025West Farm The Village Hawthorn Seaham SR7 8SG
Received 28 Nov 20251 Lydgate Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3LF
Received 28 Nov 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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