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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.
11,748 approved · 650 refused · 679 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Pulman Skoda Belmont Industrial Estate Durham DH1 1HP
Received 2 Jun 2026Mill Cottage Thorpe Road Easington Village Peterlee SR8 3UA
Received 2 Jun 2026Red House Langleydale Barnard Castle DL12 8SF
Received 2 Jun 2026Holdforth Farm 2 Holdforth Mews Bishop Auckland DL14 6DJ
Received 29 May 202683 St Andrews Road South Church Bishop Auckland DL14 6RY
Received 29 May 2026Site Of Former Easington Maintenance Depot To The Rear Of 31 To 37 Peter Lee Cottages Wheatley Hill DH6 3RH
Received 2 Jun 2026Wilbor Farm Newfield Bishop Auckland DL14 8DG
Received 3 Jun 2026Land At The South East Of Strickland Park Moor Lane Kinninvie DL12 8SA
Received 3 Jun 2026Land To The North And East Of Consett Cricket Club Hope Street Blackhill DH8 5TS
Received 3 Jun 2026Land South Of A182 Cold Hesledon SR7 8RL
Received 3 Jun 2026Land South Of A182 Cold Hesledon SR7 8RL
Received 3 Jun 2026East Well Farm 25 East End Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3AU
Received 3 Jun 2026Site Of Former Wolsingham School And Commercial College Leazes Lane Wolsingham DL13 3DJ
Received 3 Jun 202691 Park Road North Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH3 3SB
Received 3 Jun 2026Greenland Community Primary South Moor Road South Moor Stanley DH9 7EZ
Received 3 Jun 2026Church Lodge Church Bank Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0NW
Received 3 Jun 20265 Highgrove Court Little Thorpe Peterlee SR8 3UU
Received 3 Jun 20265 Bridge End Barnard Castle DL12 9BE
Received 3 Jun 2026The Farmhouse 2 Lodge Farm Bearpark Durham DH7 7EA
Received 3 Jun 2026Land To The South East Of Zelston Front Street Hutton Henry TS27 4RR
Received 3 Jun 2026Land To The East Of Aden Cottage Long Garth Durham DH1 4HJ
Received 4 Jun 2026Land South Of A182 Cold Hesledon SR7 8RL
Received 4 Jun 2026Lloyds Bank 19 Market Place Durham DH1 3NL
Received 4 Jun 2026Land To The East Of 1 Ladysmock Close Spennymoor DL16 6NZ
Received 4 Jun 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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