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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

12,624Searchable applications

970Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 10,126 approved or refused records

520Refused applications

9,606 approved · 520 refused · 486 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Mar 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Council contacts

Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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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

DecidedDM/25/02419/FPA
Demolition and replacement of single-storey front extension
3 Melgrove Way Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2JN
Received 1 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02420/TCA
Crown lift 1 x Beech, 1 x Horse Chestnut and 1 x Sycamore. - Section 211 notice
The Old Vicarage Hunstanworth Consett DH8 9UF
Received 29 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02422/HPN
Prior Notification Application for the erection of single storey rear extensions with a maximum projection of 4.35 metres, an eaves height of 2.7 metres, and a maximum total height of 3.6 metres.
63 South Lea Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6RN
Received 29 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02423/FPA
Balcony with spiral staircase to garden with 1.8m fixed privacy glazed panel on north side.
21 Hardwick Road Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2AL
Received 29 Aug 2025
Pending DecisionDM/25/02424/TCA
Fell or trim the trees (birch, holly, hawthorn and conifers) in a 10 metre strip along the north edge of the wood. Fell three trees (Sycamore, Eucalyptus and Ash. Fell six ash trees from the south-west part of the wood. - Section 211 notice.
Thorntree House Beamishburn Road Beamish Stanley DH9 0RN
Received 1 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02425/FPA
Provision of an entrance canopy & replacement of 2no. external doors with timber window panels
Cornmill Barn Town Farm High Street Low Pittington Durham DH6 1BE
Received 2 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02426/TCA
Felling and removal of 2no conifers
Charnwood The Village Hawthorn Seaham SR7 8SD
Received 2 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02427/DRC
Discharge of Condition 5 (Construction Management Plan) of Planning Permission DM/23/01868/FPA
Hett Moor Farm Hett Durham DH6 5LJ
Received 2 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02428/FPA
Engineering operations including the installation of underground electricity cables, erection of gate and creation of internal service footpath
Spennymoor Electricity Substation (north) Thinford Lane Thinford
Received 2 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02429/FPA
Removal of rear conservatory, construction of two storey rear extension and two storey side extension.
11 Ryder Court Newton Aycliffe DL5 4PB
Received 2 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02430/VOC
Variation of Condition 11 (Noise Control) and 13 (Phase 3 Land Contamination) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/00963/FPA
Site Of Former 77 Main Street Shildon DL4 1AN
Received 2 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02431/DRC
Discharge of condition 3 (Nutrient Nutrality Certificate), 4 (Construction Management Plan), 6 (HMMP), 8 (Phase 1 & 2 Ground investigation), 9 (Ground remediation), 10 (Drainage Plan), 12 (Sustainability Statement), and 15 (Cycle storage Plan) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/24/01014/FPA.
Garage Block Finchale Road Newton Aycliffe
Received 2 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02432/DRC
Proposed discharge of condition 13 of approval DM/24/00149/FPA (Biodiversity Net Gain Plan)
Land To The North West Of Melbury Court Old Dryburn Way Durham DH1 5SE
Received 2 Sept 2025
DecidedSCO/25/00018
Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion in accordance with Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, as amended, in relation to redevelopment of poultry enterprise at Myre Keld Farm.
Myre Keld Farm Bowes Barnard Castle DL12 9JN
Received 1 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02433/FPA
External flue to accommodate wood burning stove
4 Tudhoe Hall Farm Court Tudhoe Village Spennymoor DL16 6LB
Received 20 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02434/FPA
Change of Use from a two storey terraced property to ground and first floor flat units including upper floor rear extension and alterations
132 High Street North Langley Moor Durham DH7 8JH
Received 1 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02435/NMA
Non material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/25/00406/FPA to relocate�air source heat pump to the rear of the property, change of master bedroom window to a french door and amendment to siting of the garage
6 Blaidwood Drive Durham DH1 3TD
Received 2 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02436/TCA
#1 large London Plane, dead branches to remove, dead ivy to remove.#2,3,4 small London Planes less than or equal to 75mm to remove, all strangled with ivy.#5 large dead stump covered in ivy to remove#6 small Hawthorn less than 75mm strangled with ivy, to remove#7 small Ash 180-200mm overgrown with ivy overhanging Leading to Terrace road, interferes with larger traffic, close to overhead cables to remove#8 small ash 200-230mm overgrown with ivy, overhanging Leading to Terrace road, to remove#9 large dead overgrown stump to remove#10 90mm London Plane to remove#11 75mm Norway Maple to remove#12 75mm London Plane to remove#13 65mm Norway Maple interfering with church roof, to remove#14 cluster of small, less than 60mm Norway Maple growing close to church roof, to remove - Section 211 notice
Our Lady Of The Rosary Roman Catholic Church Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HA
Received 3 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02438/FPA
Proposed new detached dwelling house
21 Bryan Street Spennymoor DL16 6DW
Received 3 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02439/FPA
Erection of an extension and lean-to to existing grain store (retrospective).
South Farm Cornsay Lane Cornsay Durham DH7 9EL
Received 3 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02440/FPA
Rear two-storey extension to farmhouse.
Marsfield Farm South Side Bishop Auckland DL13 5JN
Received 3 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02441/FPA
Change of use of agricultural storage building to private kennels for personal use
South Hallgate Aycliffe Lane Mordon Stockton On Tees TS21 2EY
Received 3 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02442/FPA
Change of use from residential (Class C3) to House in Mutliplie Occupation (Class C4) - Retrospective
Petite Mer St Oswalds Square Pity Me Durham DH1 5ET
Received 3 Sept 2025
DecidedDM/25/02443/FPA
Construction of a new Orangery type extension within existing courtyard adjacent to 7 Snow Hall. Alteration & enlargement of an existing window to front elevation of 7 Snow Hall. Alteration to existing boundary walls to create new gateways.
7 Snow Hall Main Road Gainford Darlington DL2 3BL
Received 3 Sept 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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