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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
13,916Searchable applications
963Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 11,268 approved or refused records
570Refused applications

10,698 approved · 570 refused · 555 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. DecidedDM/25/03341/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    Middlegate Barn Westgate Bishop Auckland DL13 1LP

    Received 28 Nov 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/03342/FPA

    Single storey extension to existing nursery block to accommodate an additional nursery room.

    St Helen Auckland Community Primary School Manor Road St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9EN

    Received 28 Nov 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/03343/LB

    Listed building consent for a single storey extension to existing nursery block to accommodate an additional nursery room.

    St Helen Auckland Community Primary School Manor Road St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9EN

    Received 28 Nov 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/03344/FPA

    Single storey front extension

    Mill Rise Sheraton West Grange Farm Elwick Hartlepool TS27 3ES

    Received 28 Nov 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/03346/FPA

    Two storey side extension and single storey extension to the front

    5 Hawthorn Crescent Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1ED

    Received 28 Nov 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/03347/CPO

    Lawful development certificate for replacement of part of the roof on the existing highways maintenance depot building.

    Motor Way Compound Gipsy Lane Ferryhill DL17 0LG

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/03348/OUT

    Proposed 3 bed Dwelling house with associated parking

    Field House Station Road Stanley DH9 0JU

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/03349/RM

    Approval of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping) for residential development in relation to Cell R1, Cell R2 (part), Cell R3 (part) and a Haul Road pursuant to DM/15/02714/OUT (as amended)

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

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/03350/NMA

    Non-material Amendment Application to amend the description of development pursuant to DM/15/02714/OUT (as amended by DM/25/00952/NMA).

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

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/03351/FPA

    Retention of 1.8m high timber boundary fence and gate.

    8 Larch Avenue Shildon DL4 2BW

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/03352/FPA

    Change of use of ground floor one-bedroom residential flat (C3) to nail care studio (E(iii)).

    5B Front Street Framwellgate Moor Durham DH1 5EJ

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/03353/FPA

    Single storey rear and side extension. porch to front and dropped kerb with additional parking to front.

    12 East View Meadowfield Durham DH7 8RY

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/03354/FPA

    First floor rear extension

    4 High Road Middlestone Bishop Auckland DL14 8AE

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/03355/FPA

    Retention of summerhouse to the rear garden

    27 Alverton Drive Newton Aycliffe DL5 7PP

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/03356/FPA

    Erection of entrance porch

    Headlam Hall Hotel Headlam Darlington DL2 3HA

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/03357/LB

    Erection of entrance porch

    Headlam Hall Hotel Headlam Darlington DL2 3HA

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/03358/VOC

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/03406/FPA for the reduction in projection by 400mm (amended description)

    42 Bainbridge Street Carrville Durham DH1 1NA

    Received 1 Dec 2025
  18. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/03360/FPA

    4no. new service areas of hardstanding to provide field access.

    Fell Edge Farm Waldridge Lane Chester Moor Chester-le-street DH2 3RX

    Received 2 Dec 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/03361/NMA

    Non-material amendment pursuant to outline planning consent DM/16/02739/VOC, to change the description of development in order remove reference to the small scale community hub so that it reads as follows: 'Residential development of 150 dwellings with open space, hard and soft landscaping and associated infrastructure (outline, all matters reserved except access) including off site highway improvements.' (Amended Description 10/02/2026).

    Land To The West Of The Station Road And A690 Junction Station Road West Rainton

    Received 2 Dec 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/03362/FPA

    Agricultural storage building for hay, feed stuff, agricultural machinery and implements

    Land To The South Of Rose Cottage Peters Bank Harperley DH9 9TY

    Received 2 Dec 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/03363/DRC

    Material change to roof finish pursuant to planning permission DRC/20/00165 and DM/19/03586/VOC

    Land East Of Ornsby Hill Lanchester DH7 0QL

    Received 2 Dec 2025
  22. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/03364/FPA

    Erection of new-build storage units and installation of mobile steel storage containers

    Klicken Gables Hummerbeck Darlington Road West Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9PF

    Received 2 Dec 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/03365/FPA

    Proposed single storey side and rear elevation including canopy, boundary fence and reposition external AC unit

    Newsmarket Coleridge Close Sunnybrow Crook DL15 0NJ

    Received 2 Dec 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/03367/TCA

    T1 Oak - Reduce canopy extending over garden by 2m, to include the pruning of light, pendulous growth in the lower tree crown: eg shortening or removal of secondary branches under 50/75mm diameter, not main structural branches over this size.Remove visible deadwood as required, pruning back to sound wood or appropriate branch junction/s(Amended proposal)

    38 Illingworth Grove Durham DH1 3BL

    Received 2 Dec 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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