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.
11,034 approved · 588 refused · 581 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Dec 2013 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Etherley Grange Bishop Auckland DL14 0JY
Received 9 Jan 20265 Barn Hollows Hawthorn Seaham SR7 8SJ
Received 12 Jan 2026Land To The North East Of Low Raisby Farm Kelloe DH6 4PW
Received 12 Jan 202625 Butterwick Road Fishburn Stockton On Tees TS21 4EB
Received 12 Jan 202655 Bradford Crescent Gilesgate Durham DH1 1HL
Received 12 Jan 2026West Lodge Harperley Lane Harperley Stanley DH9 9TY
Received 12 Jan 2026Bowes Museum Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NP
Received 12 Jan 2026194 Gilesgate Durham DH1 1QN
Received 12 Jan 20264 Old Rectory Close Tanfield Stanley DH9 9PZ
Received 12 Jan 2026Land To The West Of 17 The Green Hett Durham DH6 5LX
Received 12 Jan 2026Wayside Cottage 29 Dobinsons Lane Morley Bishop Auckland DL14 0PH
Received 12 Jan 202678 Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0ER
Received 12 Jan 2026Willowdene Care Home Lizard Lane Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3ET
Received 12 Jan 2026Site Of Former Go North East Bus Garage Picktree Lane Picktree DH3 3SW
Received 13 Jan 2026Land To The North East Of 34 Yoden Way Peterlee SR8 1AS
Received 13 Jan 2026Site Of Former 156 Collingwood Street Coundon
Received 13 Jan 2026Units 1 To 2 Block A Merrington Lane Industrial Estate Vyners Close Spennymoor DL16 7XL
Received 13 Jan 2026The Poplars 12 East End Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2XR
Received 13 Jan 2026Woodlands Day Nursery 2 Artemis Court St Johns Road Meadowfield Industrial Estate Meadowfield Durham DH7 8XQ
Received 13 Jan 2026Site Of Former Go North East Bus Garage Picktree Lane Picktree DH3 3SW
Received 13 Jan 2026Red House 23 Quarryheads Lane Durham DH1 3DY
Received 13 Jan 2026Land To Rear Of Consett Park Terrace Moorside DH8 8ET
Received 13 Jan 202628 Hunters Close Medomsley Consett DH8 6SP
Received 13 Jan 2026Units 1 To 2 Block A Merrington Lane Industrial Estate Vyners Close Spennymoor DL16 7XL
Received 13 Jan 2026Records 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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