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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Durham County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,442 approved · 615 refused · 623 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
Youth Centre Front Street Langley Park Durham DH7 9SG
Received 6 Mar 2026Land East Of Foxglove Drive Primrose Hill Etherley Dene
Received 6 Mar 2026Prince Bishops Shopping Centre High Street Durham DH1 3UJ
Received 6 Mar 2026Dalton Park Murton SR7 9HU
Received 6 Mar 2026Lake Cottage Lunedale Barnard Castle DL12 0PA
Received 6 Mar 2026Greenfield Academy Greenfield Way Newton Aycliffe DL5 7LF
Received 6 Mar 2026Orchard Farm Laneside Middleton-in-teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0RY
Received 6 Mar 2026Land To The East Of Fern Dene Knitsley Lane Templetown DH8 9HU
Received 6 Mar 2026Harperley POW Camp Durham Road Fir Tree Crook DL15 8DX
Received 6 Mar 2026Land To The North West Of 1 Loop Lane Butterknowle DL13 5JR
Received 6 Mar 202614 Hunstanton Seaham SR7 7WN
Received 6 Mar 2026Pound House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QJ
Received 6 Mar 20261 Northdene Avenue Seaham SR7 7BH
Received 6 Mar 2026Lanchester Village Green Front Street Lanchester DH7 0LA
Received 6 Mar 2026Land East Of Newton Grange Finchale Road Newton Hall DH1 5PR
Received 6 Mar 2026Land To The North Of Pond Farm The Edge Woodland DL13 5RF
Received 9 Mar 2026292 Woodland Crescent Kelloe Durham DH6 4NA
Received 6 Mar 20261 Mill Cottage Demesnes Barnard Castle DL12 8PE
Received 2 Mar 2026Land To South Of Units 19-20 Bishop Auckland Trade Park St Helen Auckland DL14 9TT
Received 9 Mar 2026Greystones Browney Bank Satley Bishop Auckland DL13 4HT
Received 9 Mar 202618 Bainbridge Avenue Willington Crook DL15 0AZ
Received 9 Mar 202627 - 29 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DF
Received 9 Mar 202627 - 29 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DF
Received 9 Mar 20265 Browbank Sacriston Durham DH7 6UP
Received 9 Mar 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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