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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

23,167Searchable applications

1,050Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 17,853 approved or refused records

883Refused applications

16,970 approved · 883 refused · 1,081 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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

Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

Decided3/OE/2013/0048
Proposed bunaglow
Land To Rear Of Westholme 25 Etherley Lane Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7QU
Received 29 Apr 2013
Decided3/OE/2013/0047
Proposed chage of use from public house to residential
Queens Head 35 Front Street West Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 9HW
Received 25 Apr 2013
Decided3/OE/2013/0046
Proposed 8 dwellings
Land West Of 61 Hood Street St Johns Chapel Bishop Auckland County Durham
Received 10 Apr 2013
Decided3/OE/2013/0045
Proposed barn and stables
Newton Cap Farm Newton Cap Bank Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7SD
Received 8 Apr 2013
Decided3/OE/2012/0102
Pre-Application advice - 2 wind turbines
White House Farm Eastgate Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 2JY
Received 6 Nov 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0101
Proposed change of use to flats
The Former Beehive Club 6 Belvedere Terrace Bishop Auckland County Durham
Received 8 Nov 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0100
Pre-Application advice
Claremont Princes Street Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7BB
Received 30 Oct 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0099
Pre-Application advice
Eden Arms House Chapel Bank Leasingthorne Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 8ER
Received 26 Oct 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0098
Pre-Application advice - affordable housing
Land South Of South Terrace Crook County Durham DL15 9AD
Received 8 Oct 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0097
Pre-Application advice - single dwelling
The Old Brewery Quarryburn Lane Hunwick Crook County Durham DL15 0RE
Received 15 Oct 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0094
Proposed dwelling
Area Of Land On Lambton Drive Bishop Auckland County Durham
Received 9 Oct 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0093
Proposed chage of use to residential dwelling
Royal House Gibson Street Close House Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 8RT
Received 1 Nov 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0092
Pre-Application advice - proposed dwelling
Fell House Crawleyside Bank Stanhope Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 2EL
Received 8 Oct 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0091
Pre-Application advice
Land To The Rear Of Newgate Street Bishop Auckland County Durham
Received 28 Sept 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0090
Pre-Application advice
Land Between Wolsingham And Harperley Bishop Auckland County Durham
Received 28 Sept 2012
Pending Consideration3/OE/2012/0089
Pre-Application advice
Wesley Methodist Church Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3DD
Received 27 Sept 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0088
Pre-Application advice
Pleasant Row Daddry Shield Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1NW
Received 27 Sept 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0087
Confirmation of discharge of condition
42 Windsor Terrace Leeholme Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 8HZ
Received 24 Sept 2012
Pending Consideration3/OE/2012/0085
Current planning position
General Bucher Court Hawthorn Road Bishop Auckland Durham DL14 6EY
Received 14 Sept 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0084
Proposed wooden lodge
Brownriggside Scutterhill Bank Westgate Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1PG
Received 13 Sept 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0083
Chenage of use to hot food takeaway
71 Hope Street Crook County Durham DL15 9HT
Received 7 Sept 2012
Pending Consideration3/OE/2012/0082
Change of use from a redundant building to a habitable dwelling
Ladley House Frosterley Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3LP
Received 5 Sept 2012
Unknown3/OE/2012/0081
Proposed change of use to residential units
14 - 16 High Bondgate Bishop Auckland DL14 7PJ
Received 4 Sept 2012
Decided3/OE/2012/0080
Pre-Application advice for extension to church to provide community facilities
St. Andrew's Church St Andrews Road South Church Bishop Auckland County Durham
Received 3 Sept 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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