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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
12,444Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,966 approved or refused records
515Refused applications

9,451 approved · 515 refused · 478 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Mar 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/02074/FPA

    Partial conversion of existing garage into sunroom, re-roofing garage and removal of existing render and clad in composite boarding.

    Prospect House 8 Main Street Witton Park Bishop Auckland DL14 0DX

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/02075/FPA

    Proposed new click and collect parking and double canopy above finished in Red RAL 3020, with galvanized steel post for support and 12x new bollards

    Tesco Genesis Way Consett DH8 5XP

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  3. Pending DecisionDM/25/02076/FPA

    Erection of an agricultural building for free range egg production for 32000 hens with associated feed silos, hardstandings, concrete aprons, dirty water tank and soakaway

    Lintz Hall Farm Lintz Lane Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6AS

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/02077/FPA

    Erection of timber garden pavilion to be used as secondary bowls clubhouse (adjacent to Barnard Castle Bowling Club green).

    Bowes Museum Newgate Barnard Castle DL12 8NP

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/02078/DRC

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 5 of planning permission DM/23/01932/FPA (industrial building) relating to roofing and wall cladding materials

    Land To The West Of Drum Industrial Estate Drum Road Chester-le-Street

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/02079/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (materials) pursuant to planning permission DM/20/00688/FPA.

    Land To The North West Of Gore Hall Farm Gore Lane Thornley DH6 3DR

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/02080/TCA

    6x Northern Red Oak (less than 20 years old) - Fell. Growing adjacent Community Orchard

    Millennium Green Gainford Darlington DL2 3DR

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/02081/DRC

    Discharge of condition 3 (wall and roof materials) pursuant to DM/24/00525/VOC and DM/23/01128/LB

    Wood Edge Cottage Aukside Middleton-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0QY

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/02082/FPA

    Retention of single storey extension to rear

    22 Fairfield Grove Murton Seaham SR7 9NB

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/02084/FPA

    Porch

    28 Eastdene Way Peterlee SR8 5TL

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/02085/TCA

    Fell 1 No. hawthorn tree and conifer

    1 Parklands Court Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4TQ

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/02086/DRC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (ev charging point), 4 (cycle parking) and 5 (CCTV details) pursuant to planning permssion DM/24/02385/FPA.

    39B And Part Of Garden Area Of No. 40 Front Street North Trimdon Trimdon Station TS29 6PG

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/02088/DRC

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 12 of planning permission DM/22/03080/RM (Housing) relating to verification report.

    Site Of Former Stanley Community Centre Tyne Road Stanley DH9 6PZ

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/02090/PA56

    Erection of an agricultural general purpose storage building pursuant to DM/25/01056/PNA

    Heatherdene Farm Low Wham Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 5JE

    Received 9 Jul 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/02092/DRC

    Discharge of condition 20 (EV Visitor Bays) of permission DM23/02170/FPA (187 dwellings).

    Land North And West Of Almond Close Spennymoor DL16 7YG

    Received 30 Jul 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/02093/FPA

    Erection of sculpture.

    Sheraton House Sheraton Park Durham DH1 4FL

    Received 30 Jul 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/02094/FPA

    Proposed single-storey extension to existing building to provide early years learning space including classroom, toilets, group room, storage, cloakroom, and erection of external canopies.

    St Godrics RC Primary School Thornley Road Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3NR

    Received 30 Jul 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/02096/PN56

    Prior Notification under Class MA of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from class E to dwellinghouse (Use Class C3).

    18 - 20 Woods Terrace Murton Seaham SR7 9AE

    Received 30 Jul 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/02098/PNA

    Prior notification for steel portal frame storage unit for management/maintenance equipment for adjacent large scale forestry planting areas

    South Causey Inn Causey Road Causey Stanley DH9 0LS

    Received 30 Jul 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/02099/FPA

    Proposed erection of new dwelling to include detached garage (part retrospective)

    Woodland Barn Chilton Ferryhill DL17 0JY

    Received 30 Jul 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/02100/FPA

    Single storey front, first floor side and single storey side and rear extension, widening of vehicle hardstanding area and widening of existing dropped kerb to highway

    17 Wesley Gardens Castleside Consett DH8 9QE

    Received 30 Jul 2025
  22. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/02101/FPA

    Change of use of ground floor from hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) to restaurant (Class E)

    23 Front Street Consett DH8 5AB

    Received 30 Jul 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/02102/DRC

    Discharge of condition 3 (BNG) and 4 (HMMP) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/00799/FPA for change of use of land to provide an outdoor seating area

    Land To The North Of 28 North Terrace Seaham SR7 7EU

    Received 24 Jul 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/02103/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 3 (windows - front elevation only - retrospective), 5 (WSI) and 6 (Post Investigation Assessment) pursuant to DM/21/00429/FPA

    Phoenix House 29 Watling Terrace Willington Crook DL15 0HL

    Received 25 Jul 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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