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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
26,498Searchable applications
1,125Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 20,776 approved or refused records
1,020Refused applications

19,756 approved · 1,020 refused · 1,280 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2010 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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.

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

  1. Decided3/2012/0129

    Change of use from retail sales unit and coffee bar to car showroom

    Parkhead Service Station Parkhead Road New Coundon Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 8QE

    Received 22 Mar 2012
  2. Decided3/2012/0128

    Refurbishment of existing outbuildings to form garage workshop and stores, erection of 3 no. Loose box stables and terracing of land to rear (part retrospective)

    Thistlewood Hall Thistlewood Lane Wolsingham County Durham DL13 3HG

    Received 27 Mar 2012
  3. Decided3/2012/0127

    Demolition of existing house and garage, construction of new house (re-submission)

    41 Durham Road Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7HX

    Received 30 Mar 2012
  4. Decided3/2012/0126

    1 no. 2 bay stable block with tack room

    Land To The North And Adjacent Moorlands Barn Edmundbyers Consett County Durham DH8 9NN

    Received 21 Mar 2012
  5. Decided3/2012/0125

    Extension of time for planning permission 3/2008/0574 for outline residential development

    Land At Middle Musgrave Farm Louisa Terrace St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 9BP

    Received 21 Mar 2012
  6. Decided3/2012/0123

    Erection of 1 no. 3 bed 2 storey dwelling house

    Land Adjacent To 5 Ashcroft Stanhope Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 2NR

    Received 21 Mar 2012
  7. Decided3/2012/0122

    Erection of proposed conservatory to rear of propoerty and replacement of garage door with proposed upvc window

    11 Armstrong Drive Willington Crook County Durham DL15 0GB

    Received 21 Mar 2012
  8. Decided3/2012/0121

    Part demolition, conversion of the former lady eden cottage hospital to residential care home involving the retention of part of the original structure and the erection of new structure to the rear

    Lady Eden Hospital, 19 Cockton Hill Road (Helen McArdle Care Ltd Eden House) Cockton Hill Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6EN

    Received 20 Mar 2012
  9. Decided3/2012/0120

    Single storey extension to rear

    3 Waskerley Place Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3LL

    Received 20 Mar 2012
  10. Pending Consideration3/2011/0358

    Single storey extension to existing dwelling to provide swimming pool

    Constantine Farm Constantine Road North Bitchburn Crook County Durham DL15 8AQ

    Received 6 Sept 2011
  11. Decided3/2011/0357

    Erection of 12 no. Non-Illuminated signs at TESC0 click and collect facility

    Tesco Stores Ltd St Helens Industrial Estate St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 9AL

    Received 6 Sept 2011
  12. Decided3/2011/0356

    Erection of single storey pitched roof garage and utility room extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling

    52 Wharton Street Coundon Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 8PB

    Received 6 Sept 2011
  13. Decided3/2011/0355

    Installation of pv solar panels to main roof

    5 Commercial Street Willington Crook County Durham DL15 0AD

    Received 2 Sept 2011
  14. Decided3/2011/0354

    Installation of solar pv system

    Units 1 And 2 Harvey Court Low Willington Industrial Estate Willington Crook DL15 0UT

    Received 2 Sept 2011
  15. Decided3/2011/0353

    Demolition of existing ground floor kitchen and first floor bathroom. Construction of extension comprising ground floor kitchen and living area and first floor bedroom

    Victoria Cottage 19 Meadhope Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3EN

    Received 2 Sept 2011
  16. Decided3/2011/0352

    First floor extension over garage (resubmission)

    23 Westlea Avenue Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 6HE

    Received 31 Aug 2011
  17. Decided3/2011/0351

    Erection of fence under 1M in height (retrospective)

    31 Chaucer Drive Crook County Durham DL15 9FN

    Received 31 Aug 2011
  18. Decided3/2011/0350

    Covered car port to existing outbuilding attached to farmhouse and raise eaves and extend existing lean-to building

    Low Bollihope Farm Frosterley Bishop Auckland DL13 2SY

    Received 15 Sept 2011
  19. Decided3/2011/0349

    Outline application for the erection of 20 dwellings (including 4 affordable bungalows)

    Land South East Of (Rear Of St Philips Close) William Street Auckland Park DL14 8RJ

    Received 1 Sept 2011
  20. Decided3/2011/0348

    Erection of single storey extension to side of existing dwelling and erection of detached garage (revised & resubmitted)

    Greenhead Cottage Rookhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2JG

    Received 1 Sept 2011
  21. Decided3/2011/0347

    Erection and display of 1 no. Internally illuminated fascia sign and 1 no. Internally illuminated projecting sign

    11 Albion Place Willington Crook County Durham DL15 0EH

    Received 2 Sept 2011
  22. Decided3/2011/0346

    The erection of a three-bedroom dwellinghouse

    (N.K.A. Greendale Cottage, 6A West Blackdene) Land South East Of 6 West Blackdene Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1EQ

    Received 31 Aug 2011
  23. Decided3/2011/0345

    Erection of two storey and single storey pitched roof extensions to the rear of the existing dwelling

    5 Sandringham Road Crook County Durham DL15 9DH

    Received 26 Aug 2011
  24. Decided3/2012/0148

    Single storey rear extension off kitchen to form sunroom

    34 Middlehope Grove Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 0SH

    Received 4 Apr 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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