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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
19,086Searchable applications
983Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,363 approved or refused records
746Refused applications

13,617 approved · 746 refused · 853 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Sept 2012 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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. Decided7/2013/0317/DM

    APPLICATION FOR LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE FOR PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF 16NO. ROOF MOUNTED SOLAR PANELS TO REAR OF ROOF SLOPE

    9 Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill Co Durham DL17 9AF

    Received 7 Aug 2013
  2. Decided7/2013/0315/DM

    SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO LINK EXISTING GARAGES

    Aingarth Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3HH

    Received 5 Aug 2013
  3. Decided7/2013/0314/DM

    FIRST FLOOR SIDE EXTENSION

    16 Willow Drive Trimdon Village Co Durham TS29 6QP

    Received 2 Aug 2013
  4. Decided7/2013/0313/DM

    ERECTION AND DISPLAY OF 2NO. FASCIA SIGNS TO NORTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS AND 2NO. NON ILLUMINATED ENTRANCE SIGNS

    Compound Photonics Millennium Way Heighington Lane Business Park Newton Aycliffe Co Durham DL5 6JW

    Received 2 Aug 2013
  5. Decided7/2013/0312/DM

    INSTALLATION OF NEW AND RECONFIGURATION OF EXISTING SITE SIGNAGE

    McDonalds Restaurant A167 Thinford Road Ferryhill Co Durham DL17 8RU

    Received 2 Aug 2013
  6. Decided7/2013/0311/DM

    REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING DRIVE THRU LANE, CAR PARK AND ORDER BOOTHS

    McDonalds Restaurant A167 Thinford Road Ferryhill Co Durham DL17 8RU

    Received 2 Aug 2013
  7. Decided7/2013/0430/DM

    PROVISION OF NEW ROOF AND REBUILDING OF TOP THREE COURSES OF STONEWORK (LISTED BUILDING CONSENT)

    Windmill House Aycliffe Village Co Durham DL1 3NN

    Received 11 Oct 2013
  8. Decided7/2013/0429/DM

    INSTALLATION OF NEW AND RECONFIGURATION OF EXISTING SITE SIGNAGE

    McDonalds Restaurant Newton Park Coatham Mundeville Darlington DL1 3NL

    Received 11 Oct 2013
  9. Decided7/2013/0428/DM

    RECONFIGURATION OF EXISTING DRIVE THRU LANE, CAR PARKS AND ORDER BOOTHS

    McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Coatham Mundeville Darlington DL1 3NL

    Received 11 Oct 2013
  10. Decided7/2013/0427/DM

    ERECTION OF AGRICULTURAL STORAGE BUILDING FOR HOUSING DAIRY CATTLE

    Hopper House Farm Sedgefield Co Durham TS21 2HL

    Received 11 Oct 2013
  11. Decided7/2013/0426/DM

    ILLUMINATED SIGN TO SOUTHERN ELEVATION

    KFC Thinford North (A167) Durham Road Thinford Spennymoor Co Durham DL17 8RU

    Received 10 Oct 2013
  12. Decided7/2013/0424/DM

    SINGLE STOREY PITCHED ROOF EXTENSION TO THE SIDE

    20 Pine Ridge Avenue Sedgefield Co Durham TS21 3EF

    Received 7 Oct 2013
  13. Decided7/2013/0423/DM

    REMOVAL OF BRANCH ON T4

    Melton House 11 Railway Terrace Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9JJ

    Received 3 Oct 2013
  14. Decided7/2013/0422/PNH

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION MEASURING 3.5 METRES IN LENGTH, 5.9 METRES IN WIDTH AND 3.2 METRES IN HEIGHT AND 2.2 METRES IN HEIGHT TO EAVES

    9 Lime Road Ferryhill Co Durham DL17 8DL

    Received 7 Oct 2013
  15. Decided7/2013/0420/DM

    ERECTION OF SUMMER HOUSE

    The Oaks Secondary School Rock Road Middlestone Moor Spennymoor DL16 7DB

    Received 4 Oct 2013
  16. Decided7/2013/0419/DM

    ERECTION OF 2NO. DETACHED DWELLINGS

    Land At The Junction Of Green Lane And Dean Lane Spennymoor DL16 6PE

    Received 4 Oct 2013
  17. Decided7/2013/0418/DM

    CONVERSION OF 2 EXISTING DWELLINGS TO 4NO. FLATS

    17 And 19 Newton Street Dean Bank Ferryhill DL17 8PW

    Received 4 Oct 2013
  18. Decided7/2013/0417/DM

    PROPOSED FELLING OF 1NO NORWAY MAPLE AND 1NO HORSE CHESTNUT AND RAISING CANOPY TO 3 METRES AND BRANCH TRIMMING OF 1NO NORWAY MAPLE

    The Green Aycliffe Village

    Received 3 Oct 2013
  19. Decided7/2013/0415/DM

    ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING GARAGE AND ERECTION OF GARAGE EXTENSION AND DECKING

    32 Hallgarth Kirk Merrington Co Durham DL16 7HR

    Received 30 Sept 2013
  20. Decided7/2013/0414/DM

    SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    4 Hutton Close Fishburn Stockton On Tees TS21 4HE

    Received 2 Oct 2013
  21. Decided7/2013/0528/DM

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    26 Haig Street Ferryhill Station Co Durham DL17 0BQ

    Received 18 Dec 2013
  22. Decided7/2013/0527/DM

    ERECTION OF FRONT PORCH

    74 Oakfield Newton Aycliffe Co Durham DL5 7AT

    Received 17 Dec 2013
  23. Decided7/2013/0526/DM

    CHANGE OF USE OF A MAISONETTE TO BEAUTY SALON IN CONNECTION WITH EXISTING GROUND FLOOR BUSINESS

    179-179A Brancepeth Road Ferryhill Co Durham DL17 8QR

    Received 16 Dec 2013
  24. Decided7/2013/0525/DM

    ERECTION OF TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    7 Church Lane Ferryhill Co Durham DL17 8LP

    Received 13 Dec 2013

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Researching a proposal in Durham County Council

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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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