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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
18,345Searchable applications
985Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 13,939 approved or refused records
718Refused applications

13,221 approved · 718 refused · 805 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Sept 2012 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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.

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. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02436/DRC

    Discharge of Condition 5 (Contamination Scheme) pursuant to approval ref DM/25/00678/FPA

    Land To The South Of Tow Law Auto Care Tow Law Industrial Estate Dans Castle Tow Law DL13 4BB

    Received 14 Sept 2026
  2. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02437/AD

    1x wall-mounted sign and 1x free-standing sign

    Old Durham Gardens Bent House Lane Durham DH1 2RY

    Received 11 Sept 2026
  3. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02438/FPA

    Garage extension to side

    36 Oak Lea Witton Gilbert Durham DH7 6RW

    Received 10 Sept 2026
  4. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02439/FPA

    Loft Conversion with Front and Rear Dormer Windows

    3 Springfield Crescent Dawdon Seaham SR7 7SU

    Received 11 Sept 2026
  5. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02440/FPA

    Replace roof of main dwelling (natural stone flags) and rear extension (slates)

    11 West End Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AT

    Received 14 Sept 2026
  6. DecidedDM/26/02442/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 to house livestock

    Hillingdon Marwood Barnard Castle DL12 8SA

    Received 14 Sept 2026
  7. Pending DecisionDM/26/02443/NMA

    Non-material amendment to DM/23/03270/FPA to amend the description of development to remove the word 'affordable'

    Land To The North Of Redworth Business Park Redworth Road Shildon

    Received 14 Sept 2026
  8. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02444/VOC

    Variation of Condition 4 (Opening Hours) pursuant to DM/16/03376/FPA

    17 Hallgarth Street Durham DH1 3AT

    Received 14 Sept 2026
  9. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02446/FPA

    Rear extension, detached garage extension, alterations to the fenestration pattern, timber framed porch to front, rooflights, sun tunnel and solar panels to roof, alterations to access.

    Starwood The Leazes Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6HJ

    Received 14 Sept 2026
  10. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02447/FPA

    Proposed new 2m high boundary fence

    Sharpley Hall Seaton Seaham SR7 0NP

    Received 14 Sept 2026
  11. DecidedDM/26/02448/DRC

    Discharge of condition 23 (PV panels), 24 (broadband), and 25 (materials) pursuant to permission DM/23/03270/FPA

    Land To The North Of Redworth Business Park Redworth Road Shildon

    Received 14 Sept 2026
  12. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02449/PIP

    Permission in principle for 5no residential dwellings

    Woodside Sleetburn Lane Langley Moor Durham DH7 8LQ

    Received 11 Sept 2026
  13. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02450/FPA

    Partially retrospective application for no.2 detached outbuildings to provide a sunroom with kennels and store

    Land South East Of Jubilee House Whitehouse Avenue Burnhope DH7 0AJ

    Received 10 Sept 2026
  14. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02451/CEU

    Lawful Development Certificate for Existing Use of land as residential garden.

    38 Thinford Street Metal Bridge Durham DH6 5LD

    Received 11 Sept 2026
  15. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02452/CPO

    Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Use of property as a residential home for two children/young people supported by non-resident carers (Class C2).

    Rowanwood Clay Lane Durham DH1 4QL

    Received 15 Sept 2026
  16. DecidedDM/26/02453/TCA

    T1(Ash) Remove to ground levelT2(Elm) Remove to ground levelT3(Paperback Birch) Crown to Crown reduce in height by 1.5m and reduce sides by 0.5m

    4 Durham Road Brancepeth Durham DH7 8DQ

    Received 15 Sept 2026
  17. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02454/FPA

    Erection of lunch hut

    Lunch Hut North Of Hill Crest East Lane Stanhope

    Received 15 Sept 2026
  18. DecidedDM/26/02456/DRC

    Discharge of conditions 6 (lighting), 7 (CCTV), 8 (Cycle Parking) and 9 (EVCP) pursuant to planning permission DM/26/01168/FPA.

    Owl Barn Hole House Farm Lanchester Durham DH7 0SY

    Received 15 Sept 2026
  19. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02457/HPN

    The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.5m, for which the maximum height would be 4m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 3m.

    22 Belsay Close Chester-le-street Chester-le-Street DH2 2TF

    Received 15 Sept 2026
  20. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02458/FPA

    Storage Building

    West House Farm Coxhoe Durham DH6 4PA

    Received 15 Sept 2026
  21. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02459/DRC

    Discharge of condition 6 (M4(2) compliance report) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/03012/VOC

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

    Received 15 Sept 2026
  22. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02460/PN56

    Prior notification under Class MA of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use of first and second floors from offices (Use Class E) to 22 no. apartments (Use Class C3) (proposal amended)

    Thames House Beveridge Way Newton Aycliffe DL5 4SB

    Received 15 Sept 2026
  23. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02462/TPO

    T1 Sycamore - Reduce and reshape by 2m

    89 Highfield Rise Chester-le-Street DH3 3UY

    Received 15 Sept 2026
  24. Pending ConsiderationDM/26/02463/FPA

    Demolition of the existing terrace and erection of a single-storey rear extension with a new terrace over.

    9 Springfield Park Durham DH1 4LS

    Received 15 Sept 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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