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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.
11,661 approved · 640 refused · 661 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Stonesdale The Bungalow The Green Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9JH
Received 21 Apr 2026Land West Of 20 Pont Road Leadgate DH8 6HE
Received 20 Apr 202622 Princes Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7BB
Received 22 Apr 202635 Telford Close High Shincliffe Durham DH1 2YJ
Received 20 Apr 2026Unit 46 Number One Industrial Estate Consett DH8 6SZ
Received 22 Apr 2026The United Reform Church Low Chare Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 3QF
Received 22 Apr 2026The United Reform Church Low Chare Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 3QF
Received 22 Apr 2026Land In The West Of The Thinford Park Redevelopment Thinford Park Thinford Durham DH6 5JQ
Received 22 Apr 2026A177 Durham Road Between Fir Tree Holdings And Midway Garage Thorpe Larches TS21 3HH
Received 22 Apr 2026Land On The South Side Of Entrance Of Farm Access Road Low Wales Farm Butterknowle DL13 5JJ
Received 22 Apr 2026Unit 1 3 Cook Way North West Industrial Estate Peterlee SR8 2HY
Received 22 Apr 2026Building North East Of 2 Low Friarside Lane Burnopfield NE16 6BR
Received 22 Apr 202627 St Bedes Close Crossgate Moor Durham DH1 4AA
Received 22 Apr 20265 North View Blackhill Consett DH8 0JJ
Received 22 Apr 202618 Mere Drive Pity Me Durham DH1 5DD
Received 22 Apr 2026Sheraton Park North Of Kirkwood Drive Nevilles Cross DH1 4FF
Received 22 Apr 2026Grosvenor House 29 Market Place Bishop Auckland DL14 7NP
Received 23 Apr 2026Grosvenor House 29 Market Place Bishop Auckland DL14 7NP
Received 23 Apr 2026Land North West Of Witton Hall Farm Coach Lane Witton Gilbert DH7 6SU
Received 14 Apr 2026Lambton Park Chester Road Bournmoor
Received 23 Apr 2026Sewage Treatment Works Hurworth Burn Road Trimdon TS29 6LT
Received 23 Apr 2026Delview Stockton Road Easington Village Peterlee SR8 3AY
Received 23 Apr 20266 The Paddock Witton-le-wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0GA
Received 23 Apr 202611 Holyrood Great Lumley Chester-le-street DH3 4LY
Received 21 Apr 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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