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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
12,751Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,246 approved or refused records
527Refused applications

9,719 approved · 527 refused · 489 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/02706/NMA

    Non-material amendment involving changes to approved landscape plan. amendment to position of retaining walls, inclusion of substation position, small amendment to parking layout, and inclusion of patio area pursuant approval DM/23/02622/FPA

    Land South Of South College The Drive Durham DH1 3LD

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/02707/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 8 (Construction Management Plan) and Condition 13 (Details of EV car charging points) pursuant to application DM/22/01567/FPA.

    Land Opposite 1 To 9 South View Ushaw Moor DH7 7PS

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  3. Pending DecisionDM/25/02710/FPA

    Retrospective change of use from existing mixed office to 3-bed HMO, with retained ground floor office use, reinstatement of heritage-style windows to bay frontage, and associated bin and cycle store to rear.

    67 Cockton Hill Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6HS

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  4. Pending ConsiderationTPO/414/2025

    Land at 5 Stobb House View Brandon Tree Preservation Order 2025

    5 Stobb House View Brandon Village Durham DH7 8SX

    Received 1 Oct 2025
  5. DecidedDM/25/02711/PA56

    Prior approval for the erection of agricultural building for machinery, workshop and to house livestock, constructed of stone faced concrete panels to lower walls and Yorkshire timber boarding to the upper walls under grey fibre concrete roof sheets pursuant to DM/25/02359/PNA

    Peake Hole Barningham Richmond DL11 7DZ

    Received 26 Sept 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/02712/TPO

    Elm (T1) - crown lift to provide 4m clearance and remove deadwood - amended description

    Burnbrae The Village Seaton Seaham SR7 0NA

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/02713/CPO

    Installation of electrical cables

    Land East Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (South) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5LB

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/02714/FPA

    Extension to form new entrance and reception area link alongside two new classrooms and associated wcs, storage and external works.

    Coxhoe Primary School Cornforth Lane Coxhoe Durham DH6 4EJ

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/02715/LB

    Proposed renovation of existing sliding sash windows and replacement of non-historic casement windows

    The Meadows Cottage Sunderland Bridge Durham DH6 5HD

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/02718/FPA

    The construction of a 6.096m x 13.71m steel portal framed agricultural building with stone lower walls and yorkshire boarded upper walls. The roof will be fibre cement corrugated sheets with translucent skylights. The building will be accessed via two sheeted sliding doors on the south west elevation which provides access for agricultural equipment and livestock. There will then be a second pedestrian door on the south east elevation which will enable the building to be secured better and acts as a good safety feature.

    Land To The North West Of Glendale Rowley Bank Rowley DH8 9AE

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/02720/DRC

    Discharge of condition 8 (Landscape Scheme) pursuant of planning permission DM/21/03253/FPA

    Coldstream Farm Croxdale Durham DH6 5JD

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/02721/TCA

    T1 - Ash Fell

    Moorlea Cowclose Lane Barningham Richmond DL11 7DU

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/02722/TCA

    T1 - Rowan - FellT2 - Cedar - FellT3 - Whitebeam - Reduce by 1.5m

    Moorlea Cowclose Lane Barningham Richmond DL11 7DU

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/02723/TCA

    T1 - Cherry - Fell

    Staindrop House 14 Front Street Staindrop Darlington DL2 3NH

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/02724/TCA

    T1 Ash - Fell

    Hagg House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QJ

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/02725/FPA

    Self-build 3 bed detached bungalow and double garage

    Land To The East Of 7 Station Houses Pelton Fell DH2 2QS

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/02726/FPA

    Install 9 Solar PV panels on rear of property west facing roof

    7 Kirk Rise Frosterley Bishop Auckland DL13 2SF

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/02727/AD

    Retention of 2no internally illuminated aluminium fascia signs with acrylic logos (amended description)

    Majestic Wines Unit 6B Mercia Retail Park Pity Me Durham DH1 5GF

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/02728/FPA

    Replacement of existing conservatory style swimming pool extension with single storey flat roof swimming pool extension to rear of existing dwelling

    Manor House Cottage 73 Manor Road Medomsley Consett DH8 6QN

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/02729/DRC

    Discharge of condition 6 (coal mining remediation validation report) pursuant to DM/22/00120/FPA

    Land South Of Spennymoor Electricity Substation (south) Thinford Lane Thinford DH6 5JX

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/02730/PNA

    Prior Notification under Class A of Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for erection of 2 no. agricultural buildings to house livestock and dry storage of manure

    Moory Lea Billy Lane Langleydale Barnard Castle DL12 8SL

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/02731/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 5 (doors) and 6 (windows) of planning permission DM/24/01672/VOC (amended 11.11.25)

    Langley Hall Sleetburn Lane Langley Moor Durham DH7 8LQ

    Received 25 Sept 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/02734/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (fume extraction) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/03820/FPA.

    Unit 2A - 2G Howletch Lane Peterlee SR8 2BL

    Received 24 Sept 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/02736/FPA

    Proposed use of land for the re-distribution of soils associated with NETPark Phase 3A.

    Land West Of Lizards Farmhouse Lizard Lane Sedgefield TS21 3DT

    Received 1 Oct 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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