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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
19,959Searchable applications
993Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 15,054 approved or refused records
771Refused applications

14,283 approved · 771 refused · 897 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided1/2013/0389/86960

    Amendments to approved dwellings to include porches

    Land To Rear Of Albion Court Burnopfield Co Durham Ne166ls

    Received 22 Jul 2013
  2. Decided1/2013/0388/86959

    Removal of decayed branch over the road/path and removal of significant deadwood over garage roof of one oak tree protected by tpo 8

    23a Selborne Gardens Shotley Bridge County Durham Dh8 0bp

    Received 17 Jul 2013
  3. Decided1/2013/0387/86958

    Crown thin by 20% and prunefrom house by 2M of one sycamore tree (1) protected by tpo 26.

    Kingsgate Dipton Stanley County Durham Dh9 9hr

    Received 17 Jul 2013
  4. Decided1/2013/0384/86955

    Removal of deadwood and diseased branches, crown reduction of one oak tree (tpo 8)

    Land To The Rear Of 29 Goodwood Close Shotley Bridge Consett County Durham Dh8 0uf

    Received 17 Jul 2013
  5. Decided1/2013/0365/86881

    Removal of condition no. 10 of planning permission 1/2003/0356 restricted use for holiday accommodation

    Upper Hemmel High Woodside Farm Woodside Bank Lanchester County Durham Dh8 7tg

    Received 5 Jul 2013
  6. Decided1/2013/0328/86749

    Replacement slate roof cover, part repointing, re bedding of roof/gable stone copings and replacement heritage pre-finished alluminium

    Terentia House 64 Durham Road Blackhill County Durham Dh8 5tf

    Received 19 Jun 2013
  7. Decided1/2013/0297/86714

    Outline application with all matters for erection of a detached dwelling

    58 Lanchester Road Maiden Law Durham Dh7 0qs

    Received 11 Jun 2013
  8. Decided1/2013/0281/86679

    Display of various internally and externally illuminated signage, atm surrounds and vinyls to glazing on all elevations

    Tesco Store Genesis Way Consett County Durham

    Received 3 Jun 2013
  9. Decided1/2013/0341/86821

    Increase in height of existing fence along eastern boundary of rear garden to 1.9M in height

    1 Villa Real Court Consett County Durham Dh8 6dq

    Received 1 Jul 2013
  10. Decided1/2013/0327/86748

    Siting of high visibility cabin for a temporary period of 6 months

    Land To The North East 1 The Shopping Centre, Holly Hill Gardens South Stanley Stanley County Durham Dh9 6pf

    Received 24 Jun 2013
  11. Decided1/2013/0326/86747

    Felling of two spruce trees raise crowns and remove lower branches of two beech trees, remove two lower branches of one oak tree, raise crown and thin out of two aurora poplar trees, removal of one overhanging branch of one ash tree, crown of one cherry t

    2 The Garth Medomsley County Durham Dh8 6tr

    Received 20 Jun 2013
  12. Decided1/2013/0324/86745

    Erection of 2M x 7M gable end non-illuminated advertisement hoarding

    Browns Buildings Front Street Dipton DH9 9DQ

    Received 17 Apr 2013
  13. Decided1/2013/0325/86746

    Change of use to create gated open storage area with erection of gates and fencing (retrospective)

    Henry Street Blackhill

    Received 18 Jun 2013
  14. Decided1/2013/0323/86743

    Prior notification for the erection of a single storey rear extension which projects 3.6 metres with a width of 4.8 metres and a total height of 3.5 metres

    1 Derwent Walk Co. Durham Dh9 6pn

    Received 21 Jun 2013
  15. Decided1/2013/0322/86742

    Erection of detached garage

    The Granary South Farm Cornsay County Durham Dh7 9el

    Received 21 Jun 2013
  16. Decided1/2013/0279/86677

    Prior notification for the erection of a conservatory to rear which projects 4.5 metres with a width of 3 metres and a total height of 2.9 metres

    5 Ballater Close East Stanley County Durham Dh9 6un

    Received 10 Jun 2013
  17. Decided1/2013/0272/86670

    Garage extension with storage area above

    2 Brockwell Lane Blackhill Consett County Durham Dh8 5up

    Received 30 May 2013
  18. Decided1/2013/0252/86556

    Replacement windows, patio door and timber eaves, fascia and soffits, bargeboards and front canopy support all in upvc

    5 Handley Cross Medomsley County Durham Dh8 6tz

    Received 21 May 2013
  19. Decided1/2013/0246/86531

    Change of use of ground floor shop to two self contained flats and external alterations including removal of shop surround and doorway and new window openings and a doorway

    1 & 2 Consett Road Castleside County Durham Dh8 9ql

    Received 20 May 2013
  20. Decided1/2013/0278/86676

    Erection of agricultural building

    Land To The South East Of Dunley Ford House Humberhill Lane Lanchester Durham

    Received 30 May 2013
  21. Decided1/2013/0270/86649

    Front and rear dormers to accommodate 2 no. Bedrooms

    266 Medomsley Road Consett County Durham Dh8 5jw

    Received 28 May 2013
  22. Decided1/2013/0479/87218

    Installation of 2 cctv cameras (1 to front of building and 1 to rear of building) (resubmission)

    1 Villa Real Court Consett County Durham Dh8 6dq

    Received 6 Sept 2013
  23. Decided1/2013/0320/86740

    Variation of condition 8 of approval 1/2010/0209 to allow static caravans only on proposed caravan site

    Harperley Hotel Harperley Stanley County Durham Dh9 9ty

    Received 21 Jun 2013
  24. Decided1/2013/0317/86736

    Vary condition 2 relating to approved plans minor amendments to include new entrance to south elevation, new doorway to north elevation and reconfiguration of car part area to accommodate new entrance to south

    Land North East Of McDonalds Front Street Consett

    Received 19 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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