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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

12,537Searchable applications

970Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 10,050 approved or refused records

517Refused applications

9,533 approved · 517 refused · 482 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning information Planning Planning applications and advice.Contact planning Planning advice and enquiries

Council contacts

Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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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

DecidedDM/25/02202/TCA
Birch (T1) prune back from property by 2-3m
15 Sidegate Durham DH1 5SY
Received 11 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02203/FPA
Change of use from car dealership to 24-hour private hire taxi office (no taxi rank) (retrospective)
Bon Voyage Taxis Ltd Chester Road East Stanley Stanley DH9 0TJ
Received 8 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02204/DRC
Discharge of standard biodiversity condition relating to Biodiversity Gain Plan and condition 4 (HMMP) pursuant to DM/25/00355/FPA
Ivy Cottage Middleside Barnard Castle DL12 0QU
Received 8 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02205/FPA
Hybrid planning application comprising of demolition of existing buildings, full planning application for 53 dwellings with associated works and outline planning application for up to 52 dwellings (all matters reserved).
Third Street, Former Fourth Street And Fifth Street Horden Peterlee SR8 4LA
Received 11 Aug 2025
DecidedTPO/410/2025
Former Nursery School Murton Tree Preservation Order 2025
Site Of Former Murton Nursery School Glebe View Murton SR7 9LX
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02206/FPA
Proposed glazed link between house and outbuilding
Seaview House Quarry Square Tantobie Stanley DH9 9RJ
Received 11 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02207/PND
Demolition of garage block containing 8 No. garages.
1G Shirley Close Evenwood
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02208/FPA
Installation of 3no. air source heat pumps, erection of reconfigured store plant equipment and associated works to east elevation and new refrigeration enclosure to north elevation (Retrospective)
Depot Mill Road Langley Moor Durham DH7 8HL
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02209/DRC
Discharge of conditions 4 (biodiversity gain plan) and 5 (habitat management and monitoring plan) pursuant to DM/25/00729/FPA
Castle Hill House Farm Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 4PJ
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02210/HPN
Prior notification application for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a projection of 5.6 metres, an eaves height of 2.5 metres and a total height of 3.7 metres.
22 Dene Hall Drive Bishop Auckland DL14 6UG
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02212/FPA
Change of use from agricultural land to dog walking and training field including vehicular hardstanding, boundary treatments and timber shelter
Land To The North Of 2 Stobb Hill Gainford DL2 3EP
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02213/FPA
Construction of a detached garage
11A Percy Street Crook DL15 9JQ
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02214/FPA
Conversion of storage building to dwelling and erection of detached garage
Land West Of 6 Mill Wynd Staindrop DL2 3JR
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02215/FPA
Rear single storey extension
6 Villa Real Estate Consett DH8 6BJ
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02216/VOC
Variation of Condition 2 (time to re-build wall) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/01838/LB to allow for an extended timeframe to re-build wall.
The Bonny Moorhen Hotel 25 Front Street Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2TS
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02217/FPA
Change of use from residential (C3) to care home (use class C2).
Highfield House Sycamore Terrace Haswell Durham DH6 2AG
Received 12 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02219/FPA
Replacement of existing conservatory with a single-storey flat roof extension with a roof lantern
5 Seven Hills Court Spennymoor DL16 6FH
Received 11 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02220/FPA
Refurbishment of Unit 3 including replacement shopfront, roof and cladding, alterations to openings and removal of canopy to rear
The Tommy Armstrong Centre Clifford Road Stanley DH9 0XG
Received 13 Aug 2025
Pending DecisionDM/25/02222/FPA
Erection of a 2 storey detached dwelling house following demolition of existing dwelling.
33 Lintzford Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1HG
Received 13 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02223/FPA
Detached double garage
The Ranch Lintz Green Lane Lintzford Rowlands Gill NE39 1NB
Received 13 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02224/FPA
Demolition of existing porch and rear extension; proposed constriction of larger porch; larger single storey rear extension; first floor side and rear extension; and loft conversion incorporating rear dormer windows.
16 Woodside Barnard Castle DL12 8DX
Received 13 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02225/FPA
Retention of first floor rear balcony
14 Ashwood Meadows Horden Peterlee SR8 4BF
Received 13 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02226/FPA
Single storey rear extension
41 High Carr Close Framwellgate Moor
Received 13 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02228/TCA
Felling as close to ground level as practical of 3no Poplar (T6, T10 and T13), crown lift to 3m and deadwood removed of 4no Ash (T19, T20, T21 and T22) - Amended description
Durham School Quarryheads Lane Durham DH1 4SZ
Received 13 Aug 2025

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Researching a proposal in Durham County Council

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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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