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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
12,484Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,000 approved or refused records
516Refused applications

9,484 approved · 516 refused · 480 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. DecidedDM/25/02148/FPA

    Provision of a substation, charger pillar and associated bollards together with the extension of hardstanding to provide a PAS accessible EV charging bay and access to the substation to support a scheme for 6 no. electric vehicle charging spaces

    North Durham Retail Park Pit Lane Newton Hall DH1 5ST

    Received 5 Aug 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/02149/FPA

    Rear extension, raised decking/patio to front.

    2 Second Street Pont Bungalows Leadgate Consett DH8 6JH

    Received 5 Aug 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/02150/LB

    Renewal of front door

    1 The Butts Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2UF

    Received 5 Aug 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/02151/FPA

    Pitched roof

    7 Grampian Drive Peterlee SR8 2NT

    Received 5 Aug 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/02152/FPA

    Proposed alteration of the existing French door to install hardwood inline sliding patio doors, including associated adaption of the existing access ramp to accommodate revised opening. Installation of ground-mounted solar array (amended to reduce scale to seven panels and relocated)

    Swealweseld 1 High Grain Cowshill Bishop Auckland DL13 1DQ

    Received 5 Aug 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/02153/TCA

    Remove Willow Tree to the rear of Milbank Arms

    Milbank Arms Barningham Richmond DL11 7DW

    Received 5 Aug 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/02156/NMA

    Proposed s.96a non-material amendment to planning permission DM/23/03605/RM (Cell C) consisting of: change to the floor height of the first floor only of the apartments, addition of Juliet balconies (railings), change of material to window framing detail & balconies changed to railings rather than glass for house types H and J.

    Land South Of A182 Cold Hesledon SR7 8RL

    Received 6 Aug 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/02158/FPA

    Erection of 1.8 metre high timber boundary fence to front and side

    58 Parkside Tanfield Lea Stanley DH9 9NP

    Received 6 Aug 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/02159/FPA

    Retention of single storey rear extension and front porch

    Denecrest 32 Maureen Terrace Seaham SR7 7SN

    Received 6 Aug 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/02162/TCA

    T1 - Lime - Low hanging branches above walking routes, including new sage platform - carry out statuary crown lifts to 2.5m above walking routes, removing secondary and tertiary branches only.T2 - Magnolia - Low hanging branches above walking routes - carry out statuary crown lifts to 2.5m above walking routes, removing secondary and tertiary branches only.T3 - Copper beech - Low hanging branches above walking routes - carry out statuary crown lifts to 2.5m above walking routes, removing secondary and tertiary branches only.T4 - Birch - Low hanging branches above walking routes - carry out statuary crown lifts to 2.5m above walking routes, removing secondary and tertiary branches only.

    Fellows Garden University College Durham Castle Palace Green Durham

    Received 6 Aug 2025
  11. Pending ConsiderationSCO/25/00016

    Scoping opinion request - Integra61 (Phase 2).

    Land At Tursdale Farm Bowburn Durham DH6 5FG

    Received 6 Aug 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/02163/DRC

    Discharge of condition 3 (construction management plan) pursuant to DM/24/03452/FPA relating to the drive thru element.

    Site Of Former Bede House And Former St Cuthberts House St Cuthberts Way Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6DX

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/02164/AD

    Proposed X1 fascia Sign & X1 hanging sign to shopfront.

    1 - 4 North Road Durham DH1 4SH

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/02165/CPO

    Lawful development certificate for proposed siting of a caravan/mobile home in rear garden for use ancillary to the main dwelling

    26 The Croft Greencroft Stanley DH9 8NQ

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/02166/FPA

    Installation of underground cable and associated infrastructure to connect the approved solar farm (ref: DM/23/02510/FPA) and GSK, Barnard Castle

    Land North East Of Glaxo Harmire Road Barnard Castle DL12 8DT

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/02168/FPA

    Two storey rear extension

    38 Bradley Cottages Leadgate Consett DH8 6JY

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/02169/LB

    Replacement 2no internal cash machines with associated works

    NatWest 12 Market Place Durham DH1 3NG

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/02170/FPA

    Front porch, two-storey side extension and rear sun-room

    25 Ellesmere Drive Seaham SR7 8DS

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/02171/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Joinery and Lantern Details) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/20/00534/FPA and Listed Building Consent DM/20/00535/LB

    The Old Vicarage Brownside Lane Bolam Darlington DL2 2UP

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/02172/FPA

    Erection of 1.8m high, 16m long timber fence

    225A Byerley Road Shildon DL4 1HH

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/02173/FPA

    Conservatory to side elevation

    32 Tanmeads Nettlesworth Chester-le-Street DH2 3PY

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/02174/FPA

    New compliant external ramped level access with associated landscape works; internal alterations to form accessibility ramp and associated alteration of door; removal of existing concrete sub-floor and installation of new limecrete heated floor; new north passage ceiling, removal of modern partitions.

    The Deanery The College Durham DH1 3EQ

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/02175/LB

    Alterations to form new compliant external ramped level access with associated landscape works; internal alterations to form accessibility ramp and associated alteration of door; removal of existing concrete sub-floor and installation of new limecrete heated floor; new north passage ceiling, removal of modern partitions.

    The Deanery The College Durham DH1 3EQ

    Received 7 Aug 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/02177/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) 4 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) and 9 (Detailed landscape plan) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/00317/FPA

    Weterton House Farm Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3DU

    Received 7 Aug 2025

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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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