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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
14,640Searchable applications
966Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 11,887 approved or refused records
602Refused applications

11,285 approved · 602 refused · 599 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Oct 2013 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/26/00297/DRC

    Discharge of condition 14 (M4(2) standards) and partial discharge of conditions 4 (Phase 4 Verification) relating to Plots 1-25 and 54-65 inc pursuant to planning permission DM/25/00807/VOC.

    Site Of Former Greyhound Track Front Street Merrington Lane Spennymoor DL16 7RS

    Received 6 Feb 2026
  2. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/00298/FPA

    Residential development of 16no. dwellings with associated landscaping, open space and SuDS

    Land At Green Lane North Of Barnard Castle School Green Lane Barnard Castle DL12 8LR

    Received 6 Feb 2026
  3. DecidedDM/26/00299/FPA

    Single storey side extension

    3 Millom Court Peterlee SR8 1PN

    Received 6 Feb 2026
  4. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/00300/FPA

    Application is for a change of use from existing university buildings to the previous and original use of 3 dwelling houses

    23, 24 & 25 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HY

    Received 5 Feb 2026
  5. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/00301/LB

    Change of use from existing university buildings to the previous and original use of 3 dwelling houses.

    23, 24 & 25 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HY

    Received 9 Feb 2026
  6. DecidedDM/26/00302/FPA

    Detached double garage with first floor farm office ancillary to the existing dwelling

    Plough Farm Haswell Durham DH6 2AZ

    Received 6 Feb 2026
  7. DecidedDM/26/00303/FPA

    Dropped kerb to create access to hardstanding

    1 Dean Road Ferryhill DL17 8ER

    Received 9 Feb 2026
  8. DecidedDM/26/00304/FPA

    Remove existing block paving and replace with new, remove existing grass and replace with new block paving, construct a 0.6 metre high retaining wall on the boundary with no.57.

    56 Beckett Close Etherley Dene Bishop Auckland DL14 0SX

    Received 9 Feb 2026
  9. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/00307/FPA

    Raised balcony to side elevation of outbuilding plus double door and window

    23A North View Blackhill Consett DH8 0JN

    Received 9 Feb 2026
  10. DecidedDM/26/00308/DRC

    Discharge conditions 8 and 9 of Planning permission DM/25/01351/FPA - BNG Gain Plan and HMMP

    Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School Fleming Field Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2JQ

    Received 9 Feb 2026
  11. DecidedDM/26/00309/LB

    Listed Building Consent for installation of 2nd air conditioning unit to rear. Pipework to follow existing and condensate pipe to use existing

    47 - 48 Market Place Bishop Auckland DL14 7NP

    Received 9 Feb 2026
  12. DecidedDM/26/00310/CPO

    Single storey rear extension

    Maple Tree Seaton Lane Seaton Seaham SR7 0LP

    Received 6 Feb 2026
  13. DecidedDM/26/00311/PA

    Prior approval for steel portal frame general purpose storage building pursuant to DM/25/03522/PNA.

    Wheatley Heads Farm West Rainton Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6PY

    Received 9 Feb 2026
  14. DecidedDM/26/00312/FPA

    Installation of ground-floor windows to gable elevation (amended description)

    22 Caldermere Spennymoor DL16 6XT

    Received 9 Feb 2026
  15. DecidedDM/26/00313/FPA

    Loft conversion with dormer to front

    16 Second Street Crookhall Consett DH8 7LU

    Received 10 Feb 2026
  16. DecidedDM/26/00314/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Contaminated Land (Phase 2-3) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/00785/FPA

    6 Aptec Enterprise Park Darlington Road West Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9PD

    Received 10 Feb 2026
  17. DecidedDM/26/00315/PNA

    Prior notification under Schedule 2, Part 6 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the erection of an agricultural building for storage of equipment, machinery and feed

    Low Staindrop Field House Farm Staindrop Road West Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9NX

    Received 10 Feb 2026
  18. DecidedDM/26/00316/FPA

    Construct a two storey building between two existing buildings to create a covered walkway to connect both building together. On the ground floor a new entrance way to access the factories and a compressor room

    Teescraft Engineering Ltd Longfield Road South Church Enterprise Park South Church Bishop Auckland DL14 6XB

    Received 10 Feb 2026
  19. DecidedDM/26/00317/CEU

    Certificate of lawfulness application for an existing operation or activity to secure confirmation that planning permission DM/15/02058/FPA has been lawfully implemented with all pre-commencement conditions being discharged and the preparation of foundations commencing on site prior to the expiry date of the application and therefore remains extant

    Land To The North Of Oakenshaw Farmhouse Stockley Lane Oakenshaw DL15 0TG

    Received 10 Feb 2026
  20. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/00318/OUT

    Demolition of existing derelict care home and erection of 9 dwellings with associated access, parking & turning.

    Ashley House Residential EHI Home Thornley Road Trimdon Station TS29 6DA

    Received 10 Feb 2026
  21. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/00319/FPA

    Erection of 1no. commercial unit

    Units O And P And R Hobson Industrial Estate Hobson Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6EA

    Received 10 Feb 2026
  22. DecidedDM/26/00320/TCA

    Felling of one Apple Tree - Section 211 notice

    6 Sunnycroft Cottages Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QF

    Received 10 Feb 2026
  23. DecidedDM/26/00321/TCA

    T1 Sycamore - cut back secondary branches to remove overhang from building, T2 Willow, T3 Whitebeam & T4 Laburnum - Undertake pruning works to cut overhanging vegetation, growing from neighbouring garden, back from property - Section 211 notice.

    2 Demesne Court Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AW

    Received 10 Feb 2026
  24. DecidedDM/26/00322/CEU

    Certificate of Lawful Development for the implementation of planning permission DM/15/01841/FPA.

    Land To The West Of Castle Eden And Peterlee Golf Club Castle Eden

    Received 10 Feb 2026

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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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