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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
20,269Searchable applications
1,002Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 15,324 approved or refused records
777Refused applications

14,547 approved · 777 refused · 913 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2011 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Pending Decision1/2013/0582/87606

    Application to discharge conditions 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of planning application 1/2013/0068 relating to materials, window recesses and rooflights

    Heatherlea Knitsley Consett County Durham Dh8 9et

    Received 28 Oct 2013
  2. Decided1/2013/0581/87605

    Conversion of garage to ancillary living accommodation. Raising of roof of garage by 0.9M, replacement of garage door with a set of double doors. Increase in size of window on rear elevation, infilling window opening on east elevation and creation of do

    11 Hurbuck Cottages Lanchester County Durham Dh7 0rj

    Received 30 Oct 2013
  3. Decided1/2013/0124/86189

    Erection of single storey rear extension and erection of garage within rear garden area

    15 Commercial Street Cornsay Colliery County Durham Dh7 9bn

    Received 26 Mar 2013
  4. Decided1/2013/0123/86188

    Application to extend time limit for implementation of planning permission 1/2010/0059 for the erection of three dwellings with double garages

    Fines House Fines Road Medomsley Consett DH8 6QS

    Received 26 Mar 2013
  5. Decided1/2014/0029/88228

    Erection of concrete blockwork tack room and erection of an agricultural shed of brick and concrete block construction

    West Newbiggen Farm Newbiggen Lane Lanchester County Durham Dh7 0rf

    Received 28 Jan 2014
  6. Decided1/2014/0012/88192

    Advert consent for 3 no. (Illuminated) fascia signs and 3 no. Wall mounted and pole mounted signs.

    Travellers Rest Leazes Main Road Burnopfield Ne16 6hr

    Received 16 Jan 2014
  7. Decided1/2013/0569/87545

    Change of use from private open space and woodland (with public access via footpath 39 consett) to private industrial use for storage area and erection of 2.4M green steel fencing

    Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. Crookhall Consett County Durham

    Received 18 Oct 2013
  8. Decided1/2013/0575/87565

    The replacement of 8 timber windows with white upvc windows, the repair of 5 windows and the replacement of one red painted timber door with a composite door.

    Lanchester Methodist Church Front Street Lanchester Durham DH7 0ER

    Received 29 Oct 2013
  9. Decided1/2013/0549/87447

    First floor extension (re-submission)

    The Gin Gang Newbiggen Lane Lanchester County Durham Dh7 0rf

    Received 14 Oct 2013
  10. Decided1/2013/0613/87727

    Erection of single storey extension at rear of dwelling

    18 Selborne Gardens Shotley Bridge County Durham Dh8 0bp

    Received 18 Nov 2013
  11. Decided1/2013/0416/87040

    Change of use of land from agricultural to a mixed use for agriculture and the keeping of horses on, land for recreational purposes and the proposed erection of two stable blocks for the housing of horses and sheep (resubmission)

    Land To The South East Of 1 To 3 Wilks Hill Quebec DH7 9RX

    Received 5 Aug 2013
  12. Decided1/2013/0415/87039

    First floor extensions to create additional bedroom and en-suite

    The Gin Gang Newbiggen Lane Lanchester County Durham Dh7 0rf

    Received 2 Aug 2013
  13. Decided1/2013/0398/87004

    Felling of four scots pine and one spruce tree, crown lifting of one oak and one scots pine and deadwood one oak tree (tpo 5)

    8 The Paddock Lanchester County Durham Dh7 0hw

    Received 26 Jul 2013
  14. Decided1/2013/0396/87002

    Non-Material amendment to 1/2012/0149 regarding minor alterations involving parking, roof canopy and alterations to approved fenestration and materials.

    Greenacres No Place Stanley DH9 0QH

    Received 25 Jul 2013
  15. Decided1/2013/0213/86410

    Raise crown, remove lower overhanging branches and deadwood from two ash trees and one hawthorn tree (section 211 notice)

    The Willows Iveston Lane Iveston County Durham Dh8 7tb

    Received 8 May 2013
  16. Decided1/2013/0188/86328

    Reserved matters for the erection of dormer bungalow

    Tanfield Manor Grounds Tanfield Stanley County Durham

    Received 29 Apr 2013
  17. Decided1/2013/0312/86731

    Erection of single storey rear extension with three rooflights

    Twickenfield Snows Green Road Shotley Bridge County Durham Dh8 0nj

    Received 18 Jun 2013
  18. Decided1/2013/0430/87071

    Change of use from dwellinghouse to office use/community use

    3 Harperley Gardens Catchgate Stanley County Durham Dh9 8rz

    Received 12 Aug 2013
  19. Decided1/2013/0429/87070

    Prior notification of intention to erect an extension to steel portal building

    Cornsay House Farm Cornsay County Durham Dh7 9ee

    Received 7 Aug 2013
  20. Decided1/2013/0425/87066

    Change of use of land to side of dwelling to garden and erection of front, side and rear extensions (resubmission)

    9 Aged Miners Homes Quebec County Durham Dh7 9dg

    Received 6 Aug 2013
  21. Decided1/2013/0426/87067

    Non material amendment for substitution of aylesbury house type with dewsbury house type

    Barratt Homes Ltd Development Land Burnopfield Cricket Club Lilac Crescent Burnopfield

    Received 8 Aug 2013
  22. Decided1/2013/0414/87038

    Conservatory to front

    17 Cragside Court Blackhill Consett County Durham Dh8 8tg

    Received 2 Aug 2013
  23. Decided1/2013/0413/87037

    Change of use from A1 (retail) to tattoo parlour (sui generis)

    Distinked Tattoo Studio 2 Chopwell View Dipton Stanley DH9 9EE

    Received 2 Aug 2013
  24. Decided1/2013/0412/87036

    Advertisement consent for new fascia signage & lettering and locks to windows

    Distinked Tattoo Studio 2 Chopwell View Dipton Stanley DH9 9EE

    Received 2 Aug 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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