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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

22,553Searchable applications

1,039Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 17,312 approved or refused records

850Refused applications

16,462 approved · 850 refused · 1,052 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning information Planning Planning applications and advice.Contact planning Planning advice and enquiries

Council contacts

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/2013/0014
1.8M high fence (retrospective)
21 Thomas Street Easington Colliery Sr8 3lt
Received 17 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0013
Replacement windows, doors & shopfront
17 Vane Terrace Seaham Sr7 7au
Received 16 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0012
22 dwellings - non material amendment to planning application ref no. PL/5/2012/0292 for reposition of plot 20/21 double garage to move 3 metres forward and reposition boundary fence to rear of plots 5,8,9 and plots 10-22 to allow grassed strip between bo
Land At Former Dormand Villa (Postal - Dormand Court, Brackendale Close) Ferndale Close Station Town TS28 5HJ
Received 16 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0011
Demolition and rebuild of existing boundary wall and extension of yard area
2 Stanhope Chase Peterlee Sr8 1nj
Received 16 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0010
Dormer windows to front & rear
1 Malcolm Street Seaham Sr7 7qq
Received 15 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0009
Bathroom extension
21 Hardwick Street Blackhall Ts27 4ls
Received 14 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0008
Erection of new platform, staircase & upgrade of associated heating system
Caterpillar Peterlee Ltd Mill Hill North West Industrial Estate Peterlee Sr8 2hx
Received 14 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0007
Formation of single storey washbay building
3 Mill Hill North West Industrial Estate Peterlee Sr8 2hr
Received 10 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0006
Two-Storey and single-storey rear extension
5 Eleventh Street Blackhall Ts27 4ez
Received 9 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0005
Office/Security building (part retrospective)
Brackenhill Stables Shotton Lane Shotton Colliery Dh6 2ra
Received 9 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0004
Erection of front conservatory
2 Milton Grove Shotton Colliery Dh6 2rd
Received 9 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0002
Single storey rear extension and pitched roof
45 Morpeth Street Horden Sr8 4be
Received 3 Jan 2013
Decided5/PL/2012/0461
Subdivision of dwelling into two (retrospective)
Weems Farm Mickle Hill Road Hesleden Ts27 4py
Received 21 Dec 2012
Decided5/PL/2012/0460
Signboard
East Shore Village Retail Centre Featherbed Court Seaham Sr7 7we
Received 21 Dec 2012
Decided5/PL/2012/0459
Rear single storey bedroom/bathroom extension
9 Mcguiness Avenue Horden Sr8 4ap
Received 21 Dec 2012
Decided5/PL/2013/0242
Single storey pitched roof front and rear extensions
21 Angus Terrace Horden Sr8 3sz
Received 11 Jun 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0241
Erection of boundary fence and wall
Rock Farm Dairy Wheatley Hill Dh6 3nl
Received 10 Jun 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0240
Prune tree T1 (sycamore)
Woodland Copse, South & Southwest Of 13 Plantation Walk South Hetton Dh6 2xq
Received 11 Jun 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0127
Rear single storey extension & front first floor extension
40 Berwick Chase Peterlee Sr8 1nq
Received 26 Mar 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0125
Extension of time limit to implement planning permission PL/5/2010/0108 for house (outline) approved originally under reference PLAN/2007/0070
Land At Moor View Wheatley Hill Dh6 3nq
Received 22 Mar 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0124
Erection of palisade fencing and enclosure of adjacent land (retrospective)
Tinsley Special Products Ltd Fiennes Road North West Industrial Estate Peterlee
Received 22 Mar 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0123
Private garage
16 St Aidans Terrace Trimdon Station Ts29 6bt
Received 25 Mar 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0122
Conversion of original integral side garage into living accommodation & single-storey rear extension
12 Chilton Garth Peterlee Sr8 5tq
Received 21 Mar 2013
Decided5/PL/2013/0121
Conservatory to front (revised & resubmitted)
2 Milton Grove Shotton Colliery Dh6 2rd
Received 21 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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