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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

22,438Searchable applications

1,038Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 17,209 approved or refused records

845Refused applications

16,364 approved · 845 refused · 1,044 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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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

Decided5/PL/2013/0163
Integral double garage
3 Parklands Drive Castle Eden Ts27 4tg
Received 24 Apr 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0162
Alterations to fenestration of north, south and west elevations (non-material amendement to PL/5/2009/0074)
Plot A, Bowes Court (Postal - 1 Bowes Court) Hesleden Hall Monk Hesleden TS27 4TH
Received 24 Apr 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0161
Illuminated advertising bus shelter
Passfield Way Peterlee
Received 23 Apr 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0160
Illuminated advertising bus shelter
Passfield Way Peterlee
Received 23 Apr 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0157
Detached double garage
Plot 2 The Rookery Thornley Dh6 3ep
Received 22 Apr 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0156
Single storey extension to north facing elevation & elevation treatment
63 Cotswold Place Peterlee Sr8 2pe
Received 23 Apr 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0073
4 dwellings
Former R A O B Club Second Street Horden Sr8 4du (Postal Address - 1 - 4 Coast View) SR8 4DZ
Received 21 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0072
Signage
Lloyds Tsb Bank Plc 31 Yoden Way Peterlee Sr8 1aw
Received 22 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0058
Change of use from A1 storage to rear garages & first floor rear extension
3 Cowley Street Shotton Colliery Dh6 2lp
Received 14 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0055
86 no. Dwellings, associated boundaries, garages & roads & diversion of public right of way
Land East Of Windsor Place (Postal - Hanover Crescent, Stuart Walk) Shotton
Received 12 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0054
Two storey side & single storey front & rear extensions
41 Lindisfarne Peterlee Sr8 1np
Received 13 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0053
Detached dwelling
Plots 1 & 2 East Murton Farm Station Road North Murton Sr7 9rp
Received 11 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0052
Boundary wall & hard standing (retrospective)
Land North Of Bridgefield Farm And South Of Rodridge Cottage Farm Station Town Wingate TS28 5EP
Received 11 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0051
Erection of detached garage
Site Adjacent 34 Byron Lodge Estate Seaham Sr7 0jy
Received 12 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0047
Amendment to house types front elevation re PL/5/2011/0438
Land North Of Station Road & East Of Salters Lane, Including Site Of Former Fleming Hotel & Bruntons Garage (Postal - Buttercup Close, Bryony Walk, Poppy Lane, Rosebay Close, Sorrel Close) Shotton
Received 11 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0046
Extension to lounge
18 Rothbury Avenue Horden Sr8 4ba
Received 7 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0045
Two-Storey side extension and single-storey rear extension
6 The Coach House The Village Murton Sr7 9rp
Received 8 Feb 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0211
Repointing to front and side elevation, replacement window stones at first floor level and remedial works to door stones
Holly Tree House The Village Castle Eden Ts27 4sl
Received 20 May 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0210
Substitution of housing types
Former Fleming Hotel & Brunton Garage (Buttercup Cl, Poppy Lane, Rosebay Cl ) North Of Station Road & East Of Salters Lane Shotton
Received 20 May 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0209
Rear & two storey side extension
53 Burdon Crescent Seaham Sr7 0jq
Received 20 May 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0208
Car park extension and new footpath
Howletch Lane Primary School Pennine Drive Peterlee Sr8 2nq
Received 20 May 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0207
Single storey rear extension
7 East Coronation Street Murton Sr7 9bb
Received 14 May 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0206
Construction of van loading canopy and associated works
Asda Stores Ltd Surtees Road Peterlee Sr8 5ha
Received 17 May 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0205
Dormer bungalow
Land Adj Rose Cottage & South Of The Foundry Castle Eden
Received 15 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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