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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

14,142Searchable applications

963Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 11,463 approved or refused records

581Refused applications

10,882 approved · 581 refused · 568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Pending ConsiderationDM/25/03542/FPA
Proposed construction of 2 x 5 Bed self build homes and new site access formation.
Land North West Of Tollgate Meadows Evenwood Gate DL14 9FE
Received 19 Dec 2025
Pending ConsiderationDM/25/03543/FPA
Permanent agricultural worker's dwelling
Broom House Farm Burnhope Durham DH7 6TR
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03544/VOC
Application Reference Number: DM/25/02039/LB Date of Decision: 31/10/2025. Change to the approved drawings listed in Part 3 (Cond 2) - Approved Plans Substitute proposed first floor plan drawing number 308/A3/101-04 with revised first floor plan drawing number 308/A3/101-05. Minor alteration
19 Market Place Durham DH1 3NL
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03546/NMA
Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/25/02901/FPA for the installation of security roller shutters necessitating the reconfiguration of the shopfront fenestration
3 Festival Walk Spennymoor DL16 6AB
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03547/NMA
Non-material amendment to substitute plans stated in condition 2 of planning permission DM/22/00195/FPA for replacement of a section of fencing to the north, by extending existing fencing.
Roseberry Playing Fields Pelton DH2 1NW
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03549/FPA
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a flexible use permission as a HMO (Use Class C4) and a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) under the provisions of Class V of Part 3 of the GPDO including single storey rear extension, cycle parking and bin storage
39 Bradford Crescent Gilesgate Durham DH1 1ER
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03550/FPA
Retention of change of use of land to private garden and fencing. Erection of shed.
Land South Of 40 Second Street Bradley Bungalows DH8 6JX
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03551/FPA
Construction of a new electricity Sub-Station
Hardwick Hall Hotel Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2EH
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03552/DRC
Discharge of Condition 4 (Joinery Details) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/24/03336/FPA and Listed Building Consent DM/24/02772/LB
Chapel House Wearhead Bishop Auckland DL13 1EB
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03553/FPA
Change of use from residential garage to dog grooming business
22 Hornbeam Close Gilesgate Moor Durham DH1 1EN
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03554/AD
New illuminated signage to the front of the building
30B The Riverwalk Millburngate Durham DH1 4SL
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03556/FPA
Proposed replacement of existing timber windows with new UPVC box sash windows on the front elevation
26 Lawson Terrace Durham DH1 4EW
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03557/PNA
Prior notification to enclose an existing manure store.
Hill House Farm Shadforth Durham DH6 1NL
Received 19 Dec 2025
Pending ConsiderationDM/25/03559/FPA
Retention of Change of Use from Vehicle Repair Garage to Creative Play and Cafe
Unit 7C & 7D Harvey Court Low Willington Industrial Estate Willington DL15 0FB
Received 19 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03561/FPA
Installation of kiosks and associated works
Sewage Treatment Works Coach Lane Witton Gilbert DH7 6SU
Received 22 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03562/FPA
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a care home (Use Class C2) including dormer window, rooflights and demolition of conservatory to rear and rooflights to front for up to 4no young people aged between 6 and 17 years
The Manse Shieldrow Lane Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7JF
Received 22 Dec 2025
Pending ConsiderationDM/25/03563/FPA
Change of use of land to provide dog walking/exercise field (dual use with existing agricultural use)
Land To The South East Of East Kyo Farm Kyo Lane Stanley DH9 8NH
Received 22 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03564/DRC
Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 of DM/25/01114/VOC (industrial unit) relating to landscaping.
Land To The West Of Drum Industrial Estate Drum Road Chester-le-street
Received 22 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03565/NMA
Non material ammendment to approved plans of DM/24/02030/VOC to remove the substation south of the main building, and to remove 4 further trees which would be replaced with 4no. Rowan (sorbus aucuparia) trees.
Site Of Former Bus Depot Chester Road East Stanley DH9 0TH
Received 22 Dec 2025
Pending DecisionDM/25/03566/FPA
Retrospective application for the erection of polytunnel for the temporary accommodation of livestock use for a temporary 10-year period and material change of the use of land from agriculture to siting of 1no. shepherds hut for holiday accommodation, with associated parking, hardstanding and landscaping
Cockfield Hall Cockfield Hall Road Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5AD
Received 22 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03567/NMA
Proposed non-material amendment involving an increase to the size of the substation with alterations to car parking layout to suit amended structural column positions.
Land To The North West Of Melbury Court Old Dryburn Way Durham DH1 5SE
Received 22 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03568/PNA
Prior Notification under Class A of Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the construction of a general purpose agricultural building
Low Stanley Farm Wolsingham Road Stanley Crook Crook DL15 9QU
Received 22 Dec 2025
Pending ConsiderationDM/25/03569/FPA
Restoration and extension to existing farmhouse, demolition of remaining buildings and erection of 4no. dwellings (Use Class C3) with associated access and landscaping
Croft House Swan Wynd Staindrop Darlington DL2 3NL
Received 22 Dec 2025
DecidedDM/25/03570/FPA
Installation of new signage boards; existing shop front window and door resprayed; existing windows removed and replaced with new aluminium windows.
29 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7ET
Received 22 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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