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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
16,013Searchable applications
967Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 12,391 approved or refused records
649Refused applications

11,742 approved · 649 refused · 678 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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

  1. DecidedDM/26/01373/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 17 (PV Panels) and 18 (Broadband) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/03169/FPA.

    Land West Of Petrol Filling Station Bank Top Terrace Trimdon Village TS29 6PW

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  2. DecidedDM/26/01375/PNA

    Building for storage of straw / hay and farm machinery.

    Whitehouse Farm Wheatley Hill Durham DH6 3LX

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  3. DecidedDM/26/01376/FPA

    Erection of detached outbuilding to be used as private recording studio

    Station House Station Houses Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5HH

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  4. DecidedDM/26/01378/PNA

    Prior notification under Class A, Part 6, Schedule 2 of the GPDO 2015 (as amended) for a concrete clad agricultural building for machinery, feed and equipment storage.

    Low Staindrop Field House Farm Staindrop Road West Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9NX

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  5. DecidedDM/26/01379/FPA

    Replacement of existing timber shop front with new slimline UPVC shopfront

    27A High Street North Langley Moor Durham DH7 8JG

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  6. DecidedDM/26/01380/VOC

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) and Condition 3 (External Materials) of planning permission reference DM/25/01105/FPA relating to changes sought to amend the elevational treatments.

    Home Bargains Oxford Road Spennymoor DL16 6YQ

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  7. DecidedDM/26/01381/FPA

    Removal of existing pitched roof with replacement flat roof and associated works

    Sacriston Academy Witton Road Sacriston Durham DH7 6LQ

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  8. DecidedDM/26/01382/FPA

    Single-storey rear extension

    13 Sandbach Great Lumley Chester-le-Street DH3 4LL

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  9. DecidedDM/26/01383/FPA

    Single storey replacement rear extension

    8 Balmoral Grove Bishop Auckland DL14 6LR

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  10. DecidedDM/26/01384/FPA

    Install air source heat pump.

    Rectory Cottage Town Head Middleton-in-teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0RN

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  11. DecidedDM/26/01386/PNA

    Prior Notification under Class A of Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for erection of agricultural building for storage of equipment, machinery and feed

    High Farm Cleatlam Darlington DL2 3QS

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  12. DecidedDM/26/01387/TCA

    Fell as close to ground level as practical and removal of Sycamore (T1)

    33 Hallgarth Street Durham DH1 3AT

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  13. Pending DecisionDM/26/01388/FPA

    Removal of existing temporary accommodation and provision of a reinstated playing pitch.

    St Leonards School Field Framwelgate Peth Durham DH1 5TP

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  14. DecidedDM/26/01389/FPA

    The removal of 1no. wall mounted tri-sector flagpole antenna and 1no. existing equipment cabinet to be replaced with new 1no. new 9-metre-high alpha tri-sector flagpole antenna, 2no. new equipment cabinets, 1no. new GPS node and associated ancillary works thereto.

    Telecommunications Mast (64140) Royal County Hotel Old Elvet Durham DH1 3JN

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  15. DecidedDM/26/01390/LB

    The removal of 1no. wall mounted tri-sector flagpole antenna and 1no. existing equipment cabinet to be replaced with new 1no. new 9-metre-high alpha tri-sector flagpole antenna, 2no. new equipment cabinets, 1no. new GPS node and associated ancillary works thereto.

    Telecommunications Mast (64140) Royal County Hotel Old Elvet Durham DH1 3JN

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  16. DecidedDM/26/01391/NMA

    Non-material amendments in relation to Condition 2 and 5 of planning permission (ref: DM/24/02710/FPA) (partial demolition, refurbishment and retention of the existing college buildings, and construction of a new two-storey teaching block and ancillary buildings with associated external works, substation, landscaping and access) to allow additional detail and clarification of potential impacts on the existing and retained trees and amendments to teaching block to relocate door and stair tower at roof level and to rotate the canopy with the SEN garden.

    East Durham And Houghall Community College Houghall Durham DH1 3SG

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  17. Pending DecisionDM/26/01392/FPA

    Change of use of outbuilding to residential annexe

    Donnewell Farm Cottage Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3FP

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  18. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/01393/FPA

    Erection of 1 no. agricultural building for the housing of calves and rearing of beef cattle.

    Primrose Hill Farm Winston Darlington DL2 3QG

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  19. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/01394/FPA

    Demolition of existing barn and erection of detached residential dwelling with access and parking

    Yew Tree Farm Hartside Durham DH1 5RJ

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  20. DecidedDM/26/01395/FPA

    Split of existing retail unit to create a new small retail unit fronting Durham Road, with associated new shopfront works. Existing retail unit to remain as existing use.

    40A Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 8RX

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  21. DecidedDM/26/01396/DRC

    Discharge condition 3 of planning permission DM/25/02827/FPA

    7 Atherton Street Durham DH1 4DJ

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  22. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/01397/FPA

    Erection of above ground fuel tank (for super diesel), associated works including alterations to parking (amended)

    Teesdale Service Station Prospect Place Barnard Castle DL12 8HL

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  23. DecidedDM/26/01398/FPA

    Single storey rear extension

    12 Hilda Park South Pelaw Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH2 2JP

    Received 2 Jun 2026
  24. DecidedDM/26/01399/CPO

    Certificate of Proposed Development for a hip to gable conversion to form loft conversion with rear dormer

    28 Moor Edge Crossgate Moor Durham DH1 4HT

    Received 2 Jun 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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