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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
15,494Searchable applications
966Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 12,221 approved or refused records
632Refused applications

11,589 approved · 632 refused · 648 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Jul 2013 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/26/00882/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    7 Tollgate Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1HF

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  2. DecidedDM/26/00883/LB

    Internal re-configuration of a small ground floor area, used as student accommodation, to form 3 new en-suite bedrooms and a laundry room.

    St Johns College 1 - 7 South Bailey Durham DH1 3RJ

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  3. DecidedDM/26/00884/FPA

    Retention of engineering operations to the rear and installation of boundary treatments to front and rear elevations

    7 Orchard Drive Durham DH1 1LA

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  4. DecidedDM/26/00885/CPO

    Conversion of part of an existing domestic garage to form a small, appointment-only treatment room including installation of an internal partition and a frosted window to the rear elevation.

    2 Ennerdale Close Belmont Durham DH1 2UG

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  5. DecidedDM/26/00886/FPA

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to children's residential home (Use Class C2), accommodating a maximum of two children

    3 George Street Esh Winning Durham DH7 9PF

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  6. DecidedDM/26/00887/FPA

    Single storey extension to existing dwelling

    20 The Crescent Stainton Grove Barnard Castle DL12 8UG

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  7. DecidedDM/26/00888/TCA

    T1 Eucalpytus - fell to ground level (refer to tree report)

    12 East Street Hett Durham DH6 5LP

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  8. DecidedDM/26/00889/TPO

    T1 (0350) Scotts Pine - Fell T2 (0351), T3 (0352), T6 (0355), T7(0356), T8 (0357), T9 (0358) - Beech - remove deadwood and canopy cleanT5 (0354) Pine - remove deadwood and canopy clean

    4 Castle View Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 3XA

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  9. DecidedDM/26/00890/FPA

    2 storey side extension and front canopy

    3 Brookside Avenue Crook DL15 8LB

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  10. DecidedDM/26/00891/LB

    Replacement of three timber windows and one external timber door with new double-glazed windows and door to same appearance; draught-proofing and secondary glazing to another window

    75 Hallgarth Street Durham DH1 3AY

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  11. DecidedDM/26/00892/FPA

    Single storey rear extension and loft conversion

    19 Queens Drive Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2JJ

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  12. DecidedDM/26/00893/FPA

    Single detached garage

    13 Dunelm Avenue Willington Crook DL15 0AW

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  13. DecidedDM/26/00894/FPA

    Single storey side and rear wrap-round extension

    204 Woodland Crescent Kelloe Durham DH6 4NA

    Received 2 Apr 2026
  14. DecidedDM/26/00896/PNME

    Prior Notification under Class K of Part 17 of Schedule 2 of the GDPO 2015 for exploratory auger drilling at the Rookhope dump site

    Land To The West Of Chapel House Chapel Terrace Rookhope DL13 2AH

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  15. DecidedDM/26/00898/DRC

    Discharge of Conditions 8, 15, and 18 - DM/24/03467/FPA

    Forest-in-Teesdale School Forest-in-teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0HA

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  16. DecidedDM/26/00899/FPA

    Window replacements to front and side elevations

    22 High Street Spennymoor DL16 6DB

    Received 8 Apr 2026
  17. DecidedDM/26/00900/AD

    Display of 1 no. signage board (retrospective)

    Land Directly West Of Newton Park Services Newton Park Coatham Mundeville DL1 3NL

    Received 8 Apr 2026
  18. DecidedDM/26/00901/FPA

    Single-storey rear extension

    15 Highfield Rise Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 3UX

    Received 8 Apr 2026
  19. DecidedDM/26/00904/TCA

    Fell Norway Spruce to ground level

    78 Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0ER

    Received 8 Apr 2026
  20. DecidedDM/26/00905/FPA

    Detached double garage and parking area to front of property

    Orchard House 6A Snowdrop Way Etherley Dene DL14 0TN

    Received 8 Apr 2026
  21. DecidedDM/26/00906/VOC

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) in relation to application DM/19/01097/FPA to extend the single storey rear extension to the side

    57 Walton Crescent St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9GD

    Received 8 Apr 2026
  22. DecidedDM/26/00907/FPA

    Change of use of land from commercial (B8) to domestic curtilage and erection of three bedroom detached dwellinghouse with associated parking and garden areas

    Land To The South Of South Terrace Cornsay Colliery DH7 9ED

    Received 7 Apr 2026
  23. DecidedDM/26/00908/DRC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 4 (Landscaping), 6 (Land contamination) and 8 (Archaeology) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/00354/FPA for 5 dwellings

    Land South East Of 18 Foster Terrace Croxdale DH6 5HP

    Received 9 Apr 2026
  24. DecidedDM/26/00909/FPA

    Rear single storey extension

    8 Sutherland Street Seaham SR7 0AX

    Received 9 Apr 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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