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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
12,773Searchable applications
970Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,264 approved or refused records
527Refused applications

9,737 approved · 527 refused · 491 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/02763/CEU

    Lawful development certificate for the extension of the existing agricultural barn by 5.26 meters between April 2015 and July 2017 to an increased width of 9.4 metres.

    Barn To The North Of Langley Wood House Sleetburn Lane Langley Moor DH7 8LQ

    Received 2 Oct 2025
  2. DecidedDM/25/02764/FPA

    Alteration of an existing window opening to form a new door, installation of a new bay window, and retention of an externally oil boiler cabinet to the front. The applicant advises that the boiler was relocated from its original position as it no longer met current Building Regulations or modern safety standards.

    1 Jubilee Court Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5FB

    Received 1 Oct 2025
  3. DecidedDM/25/02765/FPA

    Siting of new/replacement storage containers for rangers equipment (amended description).

    Compound Site Hardwick Country Park Sedgefield TS21 2DN

    Received 30 Sept 2025
  4. DecidedDM/25/02767/RM

    Reserved Matters application (all matters, being details of the permanent access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of a substation on land to the west of Jade Business Park pursuant to DM/22/01663/OUT

    Hawthorn Grid Site Murton DH6 2RX

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  5. Pending ConsiderationDM/25/02768/FPA

    Erect 4no. dwellings with associated external works

    1 - 4 Old Well Place Evenwood DL14 9FJ

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  6. DecidedDM/25/02769/LB

    Replacement of 3no existing timber windows

    The Chorister School The College Durham DH1 3EL

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  7. DecidedDM/25/02770/AD

    1no. external signage at the Main Entrance and 1no. external signage at the Sport Entrance

    St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  8. DecidedDM/25/02771/DRC

    Discharge of condition 6 (biodiversity reinstatement) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/01303/FPA.

    Durham County Council County Hall Framwelgate Peth Durham DH1 5UQ

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  9. DecidedDM/25/02772/FPA

    Construction of first-floor extension with new pitched roof, single-storey extension to the eastern elevation, replacement of flat roof with pitched to the western elevation

    Broadway House 2 North Road Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 4AH

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  10. DecidedDM/25/02773/TPO

    Felling of one Spruce tree - TPO-DER-066

    8 High Mill Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1HE

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  11. DecidedDM/25/02774/FPA

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a flexible use permission as a HMO (Use Class C4) and a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) under the provisions of Class V of Part 3 of the GPDO including erection of single-storey extension to rear and provision of cycle and bin storage.

    2 Ash Avenue Sherburn Road Estate Durham DH1 2HA

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  12. DecidedDM/25/02775/TCA

    G1 - 1no. Sycamore and 3no. Elm - Prune back from the property by 2mT2 - Sycamore - Remove the small branch from the main stem

    1 Orchard Drive Durham DH1 1LA

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  13. DecidedDM/25/02776/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Verification Report) pursuant to planning permission DM/24/00407/FPA.

    Garage Block Armstrong Close Newton Aycliffe DL5 4BJ

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  14. DecidedDM/25/02777/TPO

    Tree cutting opposite Tyvonnay Chalet to allow installation of overhead fibre cabling (TPO-WVDC-4-1989)

    Tyvonnay Chalet West End Witton-le-wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0BJ

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  15. DecidedDM/25/02778/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 8 (WSI) pursuant to permission DM/15/02714/OUT (as amended by DM/25/00952/NMA) in relation to Cells R1, (parts) R2 and R3

    Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  16. DecidedDM/25/02779/FPA

    Part demolition and conversion of existing side victorian conservatory to summer room

    6 Parklands Drive Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4TG

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  17. DecidedDM/25/02780/FPA

    Side extension to existing garage

    44 The Meadows Bournmoor Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6HG

    Received 6 Oct 2025
  18. DecidedDM/25/02781/DRC

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 3,14 and 17 of DM/24/02030/VOC (new retail store) relating to Construction Management Plan, Biodiversity Management and Monitoring Plan and Engineering details of access, pedestrian refuge and highway road marking improvements.

    Site Of Former Bus Depot Chester Road East Stanley DH9 0TH

    Received 6 Oct 2025
  19. DecidedDM/25/02782/CEU

    Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing C3 use (dwelling house).

    Low Garth Farm Romaldkirk DL12 9EW

    Received 6 Oct 2025
  20. DecidedDM/25/02783/VOC

    Removal of Condition 13 (Property to remain annex of Hawkwell Head Farm) of approval ref 3/2008/0712

    The Hide Hawkwell Head Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland DL13 1HF

    Received 6 Oct 2025
  21. DecidedDM/25/02784/FPA

    Proposed subdivision of existing commercial unit into 2 units (Class E). Installation of commercial extraction system and extraction flue. Additional and replacement windows to rear. Installation of bicycle and bin storage.

    99 - 101 Front Street Stanley DH9 0TB

    Received 6 Oct 2025
  22. DecidedDM/25/02785/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    19 Briarwood Avenue Pelton Fell Chester-le-Street DH2 2NP

    Received 6 Oct 2025
  23. DecidedDM/25/02786/FPA

    Change of use of open space to private garden incorporating dropped kerb, side extension and rear balcony (part retrospective) (revised 15/12/2025)

    31 Burnip Road Murton Seaham SR7 9EG

    Received 6 Oct 2025
  24. DecidedDM/25/02787/LB

    Fabric repairs to external elevations including reconstruction, stone replacement, indents and repointing, localised dismantling of existing parapet, install new damp proof course and reconstruct existing stone. Replacement of existing lead roof with hollow rolls, new lead roof with wood cored rolls. Amendments to existing decorative metal framed balustrade

    14 The College Durham DH1 3EQ

    Received 6 Oct 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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