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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
12,702Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,201 approved or refused records
522Refused applications

9,679 approved · 522 refused · 487 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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

  1. DecidedDM/25/02576/TCA

    Felling of one Conifer (T1) and one Holly (T2) - Section 211 notice

    6 Demesne Court Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AW

    Received 16 Sept 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/02577/PA56

    Prior approval for extension of agricultural building for machinery and straw pursuant to DM/25/01986/PNA

    Wyse Hill Farm Wyse Hill Farm Road Startforth Barnard Castle DL12 9RA

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/02579/TCA

    Remove various canopies and reduce stems to 0.5m from ground level.

    North House Surgery Hope Street Crook DL15 9HU

    Received 16 Sept 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/02580/FPA

    Single-story side extension

    19 Clarence Green Newton Aycliffe DL5 5HZ

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  5. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/02581/FPA

    Replace two extract ventilation flues with three (Retrospective)

    Pragmatic Semiconductor Limited St Johns Road Meadowfield Industrial Estate Meadowfield Durham DH7 8RJ

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/02582/FPA

    Upgrade nine timber sash windows to UPVC sash windows.

    11 Cemetery Road Witton-le-wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0AR

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/02583/FPA

    Installation of x7 Solar Photovoltaic panels to the two storey North-West pitched roof.

    28A Church Street Durham DH1 3DG

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/02584/LB

    Installation of x7 Solar Photovoltaic panels to the two storey North-West pitched roof.

    28A Church Street Durham DH1 3DG

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/02586/TCA

    Felling and removal of 1no Ash (T1)

    123 Gilesgate Durham DH1 1QG

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/02587/TCA

    Removal of small overhanging branches from one tree - Section 211 notice

    West Chapel Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 5TF

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  11. Pending DecisionDM/25/02588/FPA

    Conversion of farm house and outbuildings to create 3no dwellings and construction of detached garage

    Belle Settle Mickleton Barnard Castle DL12 0JY

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/02589/FPA

    Change of use to children's home comprising 3no. 2 bed flats each for 1 child aged up to 18 years, and associated alterations

    Jubilee House 26 Middleton Road Shildon DL4 1NN

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/02590/FPA

    Change of use of amenity land to residential garden and retention of garden room and garden store formed from the conversion of the existing greenhouse and garden shed (retrospective)

    Delves House Delves Lane Consett DH8 7ES

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/02591/DRC

    Discharge of pre-commencement requirements for conditions 3 (Materials); 4 (Quoins, heads, sills and water tabling); 5 (Hardstanding and hard landscaped areas); 6 (Means of enclosure/boundary treatments); 12 (Seed mix for the meadow grassland); 13 (Scheme/Sectional plans for pond); 19 (Gate details); 21(Foul and surface water); 22 (Sustainability Statement); 23 (EV Charge Points) and 27 (Lighting) pursuant to DM/24/01629/FPA

    Land North Of 141 Beechburn Park Crook DL15 8SA

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/02592/VOC

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/00260/FPA, amendments to the design of the approved garage to decrease the footprint to the south and install one large garage door opening. Replace the existing approved plans from DM/25/00072/VOC

    2 Wesley View Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3RL

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/02593/FPA

    Retrospective application for the erection of a permanent polytunnel for temporary livestock use and material change of the use of the land from agriculture to siting of 1no. shepherds hut for holiday accommodation, with associated parking and hardstanding

    Cockfield Hall Cockfield Hall Road Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5AD

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/02594/FPA

    Change the use of the building from Use Class B to Use Class E specifically E(d).

    Unit 10 All Saints Industrial Estate Shildon DL4 2RD

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/02595/FPA

    Reconstruction and enlargement of rear dormer window

    14 Mount Joy Crescent Durham DH1 3BA

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/02596/TCA

    Oak (T1) - reduce height by 50%

    North Lodge Burn Hall Durham DH1 3SU

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/02597/TCA

    T1 maple, reduce over hang over garage and prune clear by 2mT2 elm reduce over hang and prune clear property by 2mT3 oak, crown lift over green house and reduce over hanging branches by 1.5m

    North Wood Burn Hall Burn Hall Durham DH1 3SS

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/02598/TPO

    Beech T1 - Remove limb overhanging garden back to the main stem, prune back 2 secondary branches overhanging the garden in line with the boundary (Amended Description)

    19 Blind Lane Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 4AF

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/02599/FPA

    Erection of two air source heat pumps (retrospective).

    Elstob Hall Farm Great Stainton Stockton On Tees TS21 1NH

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/02600/DRC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Biodiversity Net Gain Plan), 4 (HMMP) and 10 (Landscape Plan) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/25/00144/FPA

    Ramside Hall Golf Club Ramside Durham DH1 1TD

    Received 18 Sept 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/02601/FPA

    Proposed rear single storey flat roof extension with lantern

    3 St Cuthberts Avenue Framwellgate Moor Durham DH1 5EP

    Received 16 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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