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Durham planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Durham County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Durham website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
22,351Searchable applications
1,038Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 17,140 approved or refused records
841Refused applications

16,299 approved · 841 refused · 1,031 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Sept 2011 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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. Decided5/PL/2013/0139

    Prior notification for an agricultural storage unit

    Store Farm House Green Lane Haswell Dh6 2aa

    Received 4 Apr 2013
  2. Decided5/PL/2013/0138

    1 no. Dwelling house

    Ramshaws Cottage North View Haswell Dh6 2dh

    Received 3 Apr 2013
  3. Decided5/PL/2013/0137

    Tree works

    Hawthorn Villa The Village Hawthorn Sr7 8sd

    Received 5 Apr 2013
  4. Decided5/PL/2013/0136

    Dormer roof extension to front & rear

    1 Tempest Road Seaham Sr7 7ba

    Received 8 Apr 2013
  5. Decided5/PL/2013/0135

    Front extension

    60 Neville Road Peterlee Sr8 2ag

    Received 17 Apr 2013
  6. Decided5/PL/2013/0134

    Non material amendment to PL/5/2012/0439 increase height of loading bay parapet and add 2 new air cooled chiller units

    Mecaplast Peterlee Ltd Fiennes Road North West Industrial Estate Peterlee Sr8 2qh

    Received 3 Apr 2013
  7. Decided5/PL/2013/0133

    Single-Storey rear extension and change of use from public open space to car park

    Shotton Medical Practice Bevan Grove Shotton Colliery Dh6 2lq

    Received 27 Mar 2013
  8. Decided5/PL/2013/0132

    Extension of time for the implementation of PL/5/2009/0271 - outline application for 13 no. Dwellings

    Little Thorpe Farm Littlethorpe Sr8 3ud

    Received 3 Apr 2013
  9. Decided5/PL/2013/0131

    Single storey rear extension

    4 Aspen Avenue Horden Sr8 4hb

    Received 2 Apr 2013
  10. Decided5/PL/2013/0130

    Two-Storey rear extension

    Silverdale The Dene Dalton Le Dale Sr7 8qw

    Received 27 Mar 2013
  11. Decided5/PL/2013/0129

    Tree works

    Churchyard Church Of The Holy Trinity Church Lane Murton Sr7 9pg

    Received 27 Mar 2013
  12. Decided5/PL/2013/0128

    Felling of 2 no. Conifer trees

    Woodlands The Village Castle Eden Ts27 4sj

    Received 27 Mar 2013
  13. Decided5/PL/2013/0110

    Fell 4NO. Cherry trees, 1NO. Silver birch, fell 2NO. Rowans and fell 3NO. Cotton easters

    2 Dene View Hawthorn Sr7 8sd

    Received 19 Mar 2013
  14. Decided5/PL/2013/0109

    Rear extension

    9a Vicarage Estate Wingate Ts28 5bp

    Received 14 Mar 2013
  15. Decided5/PL/2013/0108

    Rear extension

    10a Vicarage Estate Wingate Ts28 5bp

    Received 14 Mar 2013
  16. Decided5/PL/2013/0107

    Formation of ponds and upgrading of existing footpaths

    Land East Of Thorpe Road Easington

    Received 11 Mar 2013
  17. Decided5/PL/2013/0106

    Residential development of up to 900 no. Dwellings & local retail centre (outline)

    Land To The North Of Lowhills Road And West Of Thorpe Road Little Thorpe

    Received 8 Mar 2013
  18. Decided5/PL/2013/0105

    Rear conservatory

    19 Balmoral Drive Peterlee Sr8 1qp

    Received 11 Mar 2013
  19. Decided5/PL/2013/0104

    Kitchen extension & replacement garage

    18 Dalton Avenue Seaham Sr7 8lj

    Received 12 Mar 2013
  20. Decided5/PL/2013/0103

    Change of use to coffee shop with single storey rear extension & alteration to front elevation (resubmission)

    20 North Terrace Seaham SR7 7EU

    Received 11 Mar 2013
  21. Decided5/PL/2013/0102

    Erection of steel framed barn to house sheep

    Hastings House Farm Littletown Dh6 1qb

    Received 11 Mar 2013
  22. Decided5/PL/2013/0101

    Erection of 9 no. Signs

    Lloyds Tsb Bank Plc 1 Marlborough Seaham Sr7 7sd

    Received 8 Mar 2013
  23. Decided5/PL/2013/0100

    Non material amendment to PL/5/2011/0093 - alterations to roof and garage door arrangement

    13 Milton Lane Easington Village Sr8 3dr

    Received 7 Mar 2013
  24. Pending Consideration5/PL/2013/0099

    Extension of time limit to implement planning permission PL/5/2011/0342 for residential development (outline) approved originally under reference PLAN/2008/0411

    Land To The South Of 33 Station Estate East Old Village Way Murton

    Received 8 Mar 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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