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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
19,562Searchable applications
989Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,699 approved or refused records
755Refused applications

13,944 approved · 755 refused · 877 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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.

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More application records

  1. Decided1/2013/0619/87733

    Proposed extension to east elevation of furniture warehouse building to provide office space

    Cornsay House Farm Cornsay County Durham Dh7 9ee

    Received 7 Nov 2013
  2. Decided1/2013/0590/87632

    Replacement shopfront

    5 - 9 Station Road Stanley County Durham

    Received 29 Oct 2013
  3. Decided1/2013/0584/87625

    Trim height of 10 self seeded ash trees, trim overhanging branches of one ash tree and reduce height of one ash tree, reduce height by 50% of two ash trees (section 211). Cutting back of one ash tree by 3 metres (tpo 91)

    Holly Cottage Church Bank Shotley Bridge County Durham Dh8 0nw

    Received 1 Nov 2013
  4. Decided1/2013/0583/87608

    Prior notification for the replacement of the originally approved tiled roof with a glazed roof with a total height of 3.6 metres

    75 The Crescent Consett County Durham Dh8 5jf

    Received 6 Nov 2013
  5. Decided1/2014/0045/88279

    Felling of one ash and two sycamore trees (section 211)

    The Old School House Satley Bishop Auckland County Durham Dl134hu

    Received 3 Feb 2014
  6. Decided1/2014/0009/88188

    Conversion of workshops adjacent to existing cottage to annex accommodation by increasing eaves and ridge height.

    Bank Top Green Lane Burnhope County Durham Dh7 0ds

    Received 14 Jan 2014
  7. Decided1/2014/0008/88187

    Extension to existing detached garage

    43 Tyne Vale South Stanley Durham Dh9 6pd

    Received 14 Jan 2014
  8. Decided1/2014/0007/88186

    Crown reduce and reshape by 3-4 metres of one alder tree (section 211 notice)

    5 Fenhall Park Lanchester Durham Dh7 0jt

    Received 10 Jan 2014
  9. Decided1/2013/0630/87806

    Discharge of conditions 3 and 4 of planning approval relating to external materials and window, door and garage door specifications

    141 Benfieldside Road Benfieldside County Durham Dh8 0rn

    Received 21 Nov 2013
  10. Decided1/2013/0570/87546

    Discharge of conditions 3,4,6,8,9,12 and 16 of approval 1/2013/0254 - conversion of 2 no. Redundant barns to create 2 no. Dwellings

    Gold Hill Farm Waskerley Consett County Durham Dh8 9dg

    Received 17 Oct 2013
  11. Decided1/2013/0559/87459

    Advertisement consent for v board sign to entrance to club

    Pretoria Working Mens Club Corbridge Road Medomsley Edge County Durham Dh8 6qy

    Received 17 Oct 2013
  12. Decided1/2013/0558/87458

    Discharge of condition no. 3 of 1/2012/0441 relating to render and roof tiles

    Tall Trees Cadger Bank Lanchester County Durham Dh7 0hb

    Received 17 Oct 2013
  13. Decided1/2013/0431/87072

    Change of use from A1 (retail) to A5 (hot food takeaway) and extraction flue to rear

    17 Front Street Annfield Plain Durham Dh9 7sy

    Received 12 Aug 2013
  14. Decided1/2013/0404/87026

    Conversion of garage to habitable room

    8 Oley Meadows Shotley Bridge County Durham Dh8 0jf

    Received 31 Jul 2013
  15. Decided1/2013/0403/87025

    Erection of single storey front extension

    4 Grampian Court Annfield Plain Stanley County Durham Dh9 8pz

    Received 29 Jul 2013
  16. Decided1/2013/0386/86957

    Advertisement consent for 7 no. Signs to front of store with 2 no. Illuminated, and 1 no. Illuminated advert to side elevation

    Unit2 Hermiston Retail Park Consett Co Durham Dh8 5re

    Received 22 Jul 2013
  17. Decided1/2013/0383/86954

    Extension to exsiting agricultural building

    Burn Hill Farm Waskerley Consett County Durham Dh8 9hr

    Received 22 Jul 2013
  18. Decided1/2013/0380/86951

    Erection of single storey rear extension

    83 Oakwell Court Hamsterley Newcastle Upon Tyne

    Received 19 Jul 2013
  19. Decided1/2013/0311/86730

    Erection of single storey front and rear extensions

    Bunker Hill Farmhouse Medomsley Road Consett County Durham Dh8 6qq

    Received 18 Jun 2013
  20. Decided1/2013/0379/86932

    Replace existing conservatory roof with solid roof including two roof lights and alterations to existing walls to provide new windows and doors

    10 Langdon Close Templetown County Durham Dh8 7nh

    Received 19 Jul 2013
  21. Decided1/2013/0359/86875

    Non material amendments to approved plans of 1/2011/0140 to allow raising of roofline by 0.4M, raising of garage roofline by 0.6M, provision of additional chimney stack to east elevation, repositioning of bedroom window and increase in soffit depth

    Land To The East Of 6 The Bungalows High Westwood

    Received 3 Jul 2013
  22. Decided1/2013/0357/86855

    Hand car wash unit and timpson's dry cleaning and shoe repair unit

    Tesco Extra Genesis Way Consett DH8 5XP

    Received 3 Jul 2013
  23. Decided1/2013/0330/86751

    Erection of front and rear extensions and additional single storey detached garage. Felling of one cypress tree and crown clean three oak trees (covered by tpo 66)

    17 Long Close Road Hamsterley Mill Ne391hq

    Received 24 Jun 2013
  24. Decided1/2013/0284/86701

    Discharge condition nos. 2-8 of 1/2012/0494 relating to the conversion of the barn to a residential dwelling

    Biggen House Farm Esh County Durham Dh7 9rp

    Received 10 Jun 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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