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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
22,918Searchable applications
1,061Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 17,622 approved or refused records
869Refused applications

16,753 approved · 869 refused · 1,067 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Sept 2011 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2012/0303

    5 stables, tack room, hay store and formation of access

    Land East Of Road From High Heslden To Monk Hesleden High Hesleden

    Received 30 Jul 2012
  2. Decided5/PL/2012/0297

    Conversion of public house to 2NO retail units and 2NO additional residential units including use of adjacent land to provide associated car parking

    78 Front Street East Haswell Dh6 2bl

    Received 26 Jul 2012
  3. Decided5/PL/2012/0296

    Advertising collar to atm machine

    38 Church Street Seaham Sr7 7ej

    Received 24 Jul 2012
  4. Decided5/PL/2012/0295

    Rear garden room extension

    44 Willow Grove Horden Sr8 4sa

    Received 24 Jul 2012
  5. Decided5/PL/2012/0294

    Change of use from residential to hotel (C3 to C1)

    The Castle The Village Castle Eden Ts27 4sl

    Received 20 Jul 2012
  6. Decided5/PL/2012/0293

    Change of use from (A2) letting agents to (D1) physiotherapy clinic

    Interlet 9 Adelaide Row Seaham Sr7 7ef

    Received 23 Jul 2012
  7. Decided5/PL/2012/0292

    22 dwellings

    Land At Former Dormand Villa (Postal - Dormand Court & Brackendale Court) Ferndale Close Station Town TS28 5HJ

    Received 20 Jul 2012
  8. Decided5/PL/2012/0291

    First floor side extension

    47 Dalton Heights Seaham Sr7 8lb

    Received 20 Jul 2012
  9. Decided5/PL/2012/0284

    Demolition of former co-op building & erection of 9 no. Residential units

    Ex Co-Op Building Station Lane Wingate Ts28 5dg

    Received 19 Jul 2012
  10. Decided5/PL/2012/0322

    First floor rear extension and garage

    25 Station Road Seaham Sr7 0ae

    Received 15 Aug 2012
  11. Decided5/PL/2012/0320

    Front porch & single storey rear extension (resubmission)

    129 Manor Way Peterlee Sr8 5sb

    Received 16 Aug 2012
  12. Decided5/PL/2012/0319

    Erection of general purpose building incorporating stables and change of use of land for keeping of horses

    Land To East Of Weardale Park Wheatley Hill

    Received 13 Aug 2012
  13. Decided5/PL/2012/0318

    Two storey rear & side extension

    20 Inchcape Terrace Horden Sr8 3st

    Received 13 Aug 2012
  14. Decided5/PL/2012/0317

    Front extension & private garage to rear

    40 Dunelm Road Thornley Dh6 3hw

    Received 14 Aug 2012
  15. Decided5/PL/2012/0316

    Tractor barn

    Land At Dalton Moor Farm Murton County Durham Sr7 9jy

    Received 9 Aug 2012
  16. Decided5/PL/2012/0315

    Erection of 4 dwellings

    Land South Of Gore Hall Off Roseberry Crescent Thornley Dh6 3dt

    Received 8 Aug 2012
  17. Decided5/PL/2012/0313

    Demolition of existing surgery & rebuild new two storey premises

    The Surgery Thornley Road Wheatley Hill Dh6 3nr

    Received 9 Aug 2012
  18. Decided5/PL/2012/0312

    Demolition of existing bungalow(conservation area consent)(resubmission)

    Westfields Hawthorn Village Sr7 8sg

    Received 31 Jul 2012
  19. Decided5/PL/2012/0311

    Side extension

    7 Corry Close Blackhall Ts27 4hh

    Received 8 Aug 2012
  20. Decided5/PL/2012/0283

    Two storey rear extension

    8 Craster Point Seaham Sr7 7ww

    Received 18 Jul 2012
  21. Decided5/PL/2012/0282

    Consolidation of telecommunications apparatus

    25-26 Yoden Way Peterlee Sr8 1bp

    Received 17 Jul 2012
  22. Decided5/PL/2012/0281

    Agricultural workers dwelling (resubmission)

    Holme Lea Farm Mann Crescent Murton Sr7 9ee

    Received 17 Jul 2012
  23. Decided5/PL/2012/0374

    Dwelling

    Blue House Farm Hesleden Road Blackhall Ts27 4lh

    Received 3 Oct 2012
  24. Decided5/PL/2012/0372

    2 detached bungalows

    Land South Of Ellerbourne Terrace Station Town Wingate TS28 5HA

    Received 2 Oct 2012

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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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