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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 dates14,830Searchable applications
966Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 11,967 approved or refused records
608Refused applications
11,359 approved · 608 refused · 613 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Planning Planning applications and advice.Contact planning Planning advice and enquiries
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries03000262830Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Pending ConsiderationDM/26/00428/FPA
Conversion of existing buildings to 1no. dwelling including single storey extension with associated access, parking and amenity space
Foggarthwaite Farm Eggleston Barnard Castle DL12 0BB
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00429/FPA
Proposed single storey rear sunroom extension to courtyard
Haggworm Hall Baldersdale Barnard Castle DL12 9UP
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00430/TCA
Removal of T1 - Beech
Hallgarth House Hallgarth High Pittington Durham DH6 1AB
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00431/FPA
Proposed replacement windows and doors; loft conversion with rooflights to rear roof slope and 1 no. high-level gable window; replacement garage and utility roof coverings including rooflights; proposed solar panels; various additions to rear garden including summer house, roofed gazebo and pergola, and raised vegetable beds; revised hard and soft landscaping to rear garden; and an increase in the height of a section of the northern boundary stone wall (proposals amended)
40 Tudhoe Village Spennymoor DL16 6LH
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00432/LB
Proposed replacement windows and doors; loft conversion with rooflights to rear roof slope and 1 no. high-level gable window; replacement garage and utility roof coverings including rooflights; proposed solar panels; and increased height of section of northern boundary stone wall (proposals amended)
40 Tudhoe Village Spennymoor DL16 6LH
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00433/FPA
Single storey front and rear extensions
26 Bankwell Drive High Etherley Bishop Auckland DL14 0HG
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00434/TCA
Southern boundary of the property adjacent to the church grounds G1 - prune back several beech trees with large lateral limbs that are directly behind the church building. T1 mature sycamore on the western boundary wall of the woodland - heavily reduce the main left leader to reduce weight over the footpath and the neighbouring building. - Section 211 notice
The Old Vicarage Hunstanworth Consett DH8 9UF
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00435/FPA
Additional garage alongside existing to be built over existing allocated parking space
15 The Bowers Durham DH1 4EH
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00436/LB
Listed building consent for change of use of former school to residential dwelling to include internal alterations to create a mezzanine floor, installation of 5 no. rooflights, and replacement of mortar (revised scheme)
Byers Green Community Hall Hagg Lane Byers Green DL16 7NW
Received 23 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00437/TCA
T1 & T3 (Self-seeded Ash) - RemoveT2 & T4 (Laburnam and Apple tree) - Reshape
18 Wearside Drive Durham DH1 1LE
Received 20 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00440/FPA
Refurbishment of the existing school to create a new 60 place (SEN) primary school, including the creation of additional parking provision (requiring the removal of specified trees), formation of a new pedestrian entrance, installation of new windows and doors, erection of 2.4m high perimeter fencing, provision of new vehicle and pedestrian access gates, and installation of external lighting.
Horndale Infant School Scholars Path Newton Aycliffe DL5 7HB
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00441/FPA
Partial change of use to dog grooming parlour
26 Defoe Crescent Newton Aycliffe DL5 4JP
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00442/FPA
Proposed refurbishment of Unit 4 comprising refurbishment of the existing roof; over cladding of existing roof lights to match the surrounding roof; removal of the existing rear canopy; replacement of the remaining existing cladding; and the blocking up of existing openings.
Unit 4 Clifford Road Stanley DH9 0XG
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00443/DRC
Submission of details pursuant to condition 9 of planning permission DM/19/00283/OUT (trade park) relating to verification details for phase 1A.
Land West Of Newton Park Services Newton Park Coatham Mundeville DL1 3NL
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00445/WAS
Change of Use from an engineering unit to a pet crematorium and installation of ancillary flue.
Unit 11 Hurworth Road Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6UD
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00446/TPO
Sycamore (T1) - severe pollard/monolith to retain as deadwood habitat, leaving at 5 to 6m from ground level
St Edmunds Parish Church Church Lane Edmundbyers Consett DH8 9NQ
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00447/LB
A new 4 mm external fibre-optic cable will be installed and routed along the plinth brickwork to provide ultrafast fibre broadband services to St Anne's Court. The cable will then be brought into the building and distributed to individual apartments as required.
St Annes Court Castle Chare Durham DH1 4TZ
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00448/TPO
Cedar (T007) - remove tree. Lawson Cypress (T010) - remove tree. Cherry Plum (T014) - remove tree. Norway Spruce (T019) - remove tree. - TPO - DER-066
3 Lintzford Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1HA
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00449/FPA
The upgrade of existing hard standing area to a PlayZone complete with fencing and floodlighting
Welfare Park Front Street South Hetton
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00450/FPA
Single storey extension to rear
4 Ediscum Garth Bishop Auckland DL14 6UH
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00451/FPA
Ground floor side bedsit extension
17 Eastdene Way Peterlee SR8 5TJ
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00453/DRC
Discharge of condition 3 (replacement planting) pursuant to DM/23/03059/TPO (retrospective)
The Old Vicarage South Hetton Durham DH6 2SW
Received 24 Feb 2026 - DecidedDM/26/00454/TCA
Remove two sycamore trees
Land To The East Of Ashbourne Cotherstone DL12 9PR
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Pending ConsiderationDM/26/00455/FPA
Retention of retaining walls, raised platform, boundary fences in excess of 1 metre adjacent to B6302
White House Cockhouse Lane Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7PW
Received 24 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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