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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

19,304Searchable applications

986Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 14,520 approved or refused records

750Refused applications

13,770 approved · 750 refused · 864 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning information Planning Planning applications and advice.Contact planning Planning advice and enquiries

Council contacts

Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.

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

Decided7/2013/0233/DM
TWO STOREY SIDE AND SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION
49 Jasmine Crescent Trimdon Village Co Durham TS29 6QE
Received 10 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0230/DM
CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO HABITABLE SPACE
21 Primrose Drive Shildon Co Durham DL4 2JQ
Received 6 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0226/DM
Removal of condition 11 of Planning Permission 7/2012/0030/DM
Former Thorn Factory Merrington Lane Industrial Estate Spennymoor Co Durham DL16 7RS
Received 3 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0203/DM
CHANGE OF USE FROM HAIRDRESSERS TO SANDWICH SHOP (RETROSPECTIVE)
Delitrishous 15 King Street Spennymoor Co Durham DL16 6QQ
Received 22 May 2013
Decided7/2013/0198/DM
RELOCATION OF EXISTING ATM
Co-Operative Store 6 High Street Sedgefield Co Durham TS21 3AT
Received 20 May 2013
Decided7/2013/0194/DM
ERECTION OF CATTLE SHED, FEED STORE AND LEAN TO
Low House Farm Middlestone Moor Spennymoor Co Durham DL16 7QD
Received 17 May 2013
Decided7/2013/0293/DM
INSTALLATION OF ATHLETICS TRAINING FACILITY (OUTLINE WITH ALL MATTERS RESERVED)
Sedgefield Community College Hawthorn Road Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 3DJ
Received 19 Jul 2013
Decided7/2013/0292/DM
SINGLE STOREY SIDE/REAR EXTENSION
15 The Lane Sedgefield Co Durham TS21 3BE,
Received 19 Jul 2013
Decided7/2013/0291/DM
FORMATION OF RUGBY PITCH WITH RUGBY POSTS
Land To The North Of Sedgefield Cricket Club Station Road Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2DA
Received 17 Jul 2013
Decided7/2013/0289/DM
DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS AND ERECTION OF 136 DWELLINGS
West Chilton Farm Land To The North West Of West Chilton Terrace Chilton Co Durham DL17 0EH
Received 17 Jul 2013
Decided7/2013/0158/DM
SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND EXTENSION TO GARAGE
The Bungalow Mission Place Kirk Merrington Spennymoor Co Durham DL16 7JH
Received 23 Apr 2013
Decided7/2013/0261/DM
REDUCE GROUP OF CONIFERS BY 50%, CROWN REDUCE BY 30% AND CROWN THIN CROWN THIN BY 15% PRUNUS AND REDUCE ELDER AND PRUNE BACK TO BOUNDARY
40 North End Sedgefield Co Durham TS21 3BT
Received 26 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0254/DM
AGRICULTURAL STORAGE BUILDING WITH ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING FIELD ACCESS
Land West Of Old Park Lodge Farm Church Street Byers Green
Received 24 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0253/DM
VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 OF PLANNING PERMISSION 7/2013/0071/DM RELATING TO APPROVED PLANS
Eden Grange Fish Farm Shildon DL4 2QD
Received 24 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0252/DM
INSTALLATION OF ACCESS RAMP TO FRONT
29 Keats Road Chilton Co Durham DL17 0HR
Received 1 Jul 2013
Decided7/2013/0251/DM
FACTORY EXTENSION
Ness Furniture Ltd St Cuthberts Way Aycliffe Industrial Estate Newton Aycliffe Co Durham DL5 6XW
Received 21 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0250/DM
ERECTION AND DISPLAY OF 1 NON ILLUMINATED FREESTANDING V SIGN BOARD
Cemetery Chapel Stephenson Way Newton Aycliffe Co Durham DL5 7DS
Received 19 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0249/DM
SINGLE STOREY GARDEN ROOM EXTENSION TO REAR AND SIDE
19 The Leas Sedgefield Co Durham TS21 2DS
Received 19 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0248/DM
ERECTION AND DISPLAY OF 2NO. FASCIA SIGNS AND 1NO. PROJECTING SIGN TO FRONT ELEVATION AND NON ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN TO THE REAR
Co-Op Store 6 High Street Sedgefield Co Durham TS21 3AT
Received 19 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0245/DM
ADVERTISEMENT CONSENT FOR THE ERECTION AND DISPLAY OF INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FASCIA AND EXTERNALLY ILLUMINATED PROJECTING SIGNAGE
17/18 Market Street Ferryhill Co Durham DL17 8JN
Received 19 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0243/DM
EXTENSION TO EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDING
Robert Ellison Transport New Station House Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2EP
Received 17 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0242/DM
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION, PITCHED ROOF OVER FRONT OFF-SHOOT AND VARIOUS FENESTRATION ALTERATIONS
Foxton Farm Foxton Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2HX
Received 14 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0240/DM
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION
34 Eade Close Newton Aycliffe Co Durham DL5 7QQ
Received 12 Jun 2013
Decided7/2013/0211/DM
DISPLAY OF 1 NON ILLUMINATED FASCIA SIGN AND TWO NEW FREESTANDING SIGNS (AMENDED DESCRIPTION)
29 Whitworth Terrace Spennymoor Co Durham DL16 7LE
Received 28 May 2013

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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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