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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
15,607Searchable applications
966Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 12,279 approved or refused records
638Refused applications

11,641 approved · 638 refused · 654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/26/00965/CPO

    Single-storey rear extension

    6 West Avenue Chester Moor Chester-le-street DH2 3RS

    Received 13 Apr 2026
  2. DecidedDM/26/00966/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 3 (sustainability statement), 4 (windows and doors) and 7 (hedge planting) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/03012/VOC.

    Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

    Received 16 Apr 2026
  3. DecidedDM/26/00967/FPA

    Single storey rear extension, renovation and conversion of the outbuilding to provide WC / shower room, utility room, general storage / workshop space

    Moor Cottage Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9PG

    Received 16 Apr 2026
  4. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/00968/FPA

    Construction of a self-build farm workers dwelling at existing farmstead with associated amenity space, parking facilities and storage shed

    Land To The North Of Hill View Tudhoe Village DL16 6LE

    Received 16 Apr 2026
  5. DecidedDM/26/00969/NMA

    Front bow window amended to bay window pursuant to DM/25/03127/FPA

    9 Burn Oval Trimdon Trimdon Station TS29 6PT

    Received 16 Apr 2026
  6. DecidedDM/26/00970/DRC

    Discharge of condition 3 (Materials), 4 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) and 8 (HMMP) pursuant to DM/24/02321/FPA

    Preston Lodge Stillington Stockton On Tees TS21 1NF

    Received 16 Apr 2026
  7. DecidedDM/26/00971/FPA

    Proposed new racket sport club

    Unit 8 Gemini Point Peterlee SR8 2FB

    Received 16 Apr 2026
  8. DecidedDM/26/00972/FPA

    Erection of garden room

    5 The Cedars Coxhoe Durham DH6 4SG

    Received 16 Apr 2026
  9. DecidedDM/26/00973/PNA

    Prior Notification for the creation of an access track for the removal of timber to facilitate Forgebank Plantation.

    Forgebank Plantation Beamish DH9 0RG

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  10. DecidedDM/26/00974/TCA

    Felling of one Ash tree - Section 211 notice

    Bank Foot Cottages Iveston Lane Iveston

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  11. DecidedDM/26/00975/FPA

    Rear kitchen extension

    14 Hawthorn Terrace Durham DH1 4EL

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  12. DecidedDM/26/00976/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 10 (Hard and soft landscaping works), 12 (External lighting), 13 (Bin store details), 16 (EV charging), 17 (Cycle parking) and 19 (Ecological impact assessment) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/25/00670/FPA

    Durham Academy Bracken Court Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7NG

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  13. DecidedDM/26/00977/FPA

    Single storey side extension

    10 Elmfield Lanchester Durham DH7 0JN

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  14. DecidedDM/26/00978/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Biodiversity Net Gain) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/25/00556/FPA and statutory Biodiversity Gain condition pursuant to Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

    Land East Of B1287 Seaham SR7 7AG

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  15. DecidedDM/26/00979/TPO

    Removal of 3 x Ash Trees that have clear evidence of Ash Dieback fungusremoval of 1 x dying Sycamore tree

    Trelayne 4 Parklands Drive Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4TG

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  16. DecidedDM/26/00980/FPA

    Replacement of the front timber sash windows with new timber sash windows. Replacement of the rear timber sash windows with upvc sash windows. Replacement of the rear timber casement windows with upvc casement windows. Infill of 1 existing window opening with brick to match existing. Installation of 1 velux window to the rear slope of the main roof. Replacement of the dormer felt roof with EDPM. Replacement of conservatory acrylic sheet roof with fibre cement slate tiles and 2x velux windows. Replacement gutter, downpipes and soil pipes.

    12 Brierville Durham DH1 4QE

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  17. DecidedDM/26/00981/TPO

    Pruning of one fir tree by reducing branches/tips by 2m - (TPO-DER-066)

    16 High Mill Road Hamsterley Mill Rowlands Gill NE39 1HE

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  18. DecidedDM/26/00982/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    5 Lilburn Close Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH2 3TN

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  19. DecidedDM/26/00983/LB

    Repainting of shop front and replacement of existing signage with new hand painted signage.

    26 Elvet Bridge Durham DH1 3AA

    Received 17 Apr 2026
  20. DecidedDM/26/00984/NMA

    Non-material amendment to condition no.2 (approved plans) and no.9 (POS maintenance) pursuant to DM/20/02681/FPA comprising amendments to boundary treatment to the southern boundary adjoining existing POS

    Land North Of Windsor Drive South Hetton DH6 2UU

    Received 20 Apr 2026
  21. DecidedDM/26/00985/NMA

    Non-material amendment to Condition 15 (Biodiversity Net Gain) pursuant to DM/20/02046/FPA, in order to remove reference to the Natural England Register

    Grange Farm Coxhoe Durham DH6 4HH

    Received 16 Apr 2026
  22. DecidedDM/26/00986/FPA

    Retention of single-storey extension to the front

    8 Shakespeare Terrace Easington Colliery Peterlee SR8 3DT

    Received 20 Apr 2026
  23. DecidedDM/26/00987/FPA

    Demolish existing conservatory, replace with single storey extension, erect two roof canopies above doorways

    29 Bradley Close Ouston Chester-le-Street DH2 1TH

    Received 21 Apr 2026
  24. DecidedDM/26/00988/FPA

    Application of render to front elevation and gable end

    4 Stockton Road Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2AG

    Received 21 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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