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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

23,720Searchable applications

1,057Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 18,352 approved or refused records

906Refused applications

17,446 approved · 906 refused · 1,111 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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

Decided3/DC/2013/0042
Discharge of conditions 3 (samples of materials), 4 (surface water drainage), 5 (means of enclosure), 6 (surface treatment) and 9 (site investigation) pursuant to planning permission 3/2011/0518
Land Adjacent 'The Oaks' Sunnybrow Crook Durham DL15 0LZ
Received 25 Nov 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0041
Discharge of condition 3 pusuant to listed building consent 3/2012/0521
5 The Butts Stanhope Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 2UF
Received 21 Nov 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0039
Discharge of conditions b (materials), s (surface treatment), 6 (site levels), 7 (landscaping), 9(means of enclosure), 13 (desk top study), 16 (drainage) ref 3/2010/0559
Millford Garage Rosemount Road County Durham DL14 6SY
Received 20 Nov 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0038
Discharge of the requirements of condition 3 pursuant of planning permission 3/2013/0278 (details of retaining wall)
McDonalds Abraham Enterprise Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9TT
Received 28 Oct 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0037
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 3 (MATERIALS), 4 (MEANS OF ENCLOSURE), 5 (LANDSCAPING) , 7 (PROTECTIVE FENCING), 8 (ECOLOGY), 9 (NOISE MITIGATION), 10 (ENERGY CONSUMPTION), 11 (SITE LEVELS), 14 (CONTROL OF DUST), 16 (ARCHEOLOGY) AND 18 (PROTECTED RIGHT TURN/HIGHWAYS) PURSUANT TO PLANNING PERMISSION 3/2013/0140LAND BETWEEN A688 AND DURHAM ROADINCLUDING THE SPORTSMAN INN CANNEY HILL, COUNDON GATE, BISHOP AUCKLAND, COUNTY DURHAM, DL14 8QN
Hazelbank Coundon Gate Bishop Auckland DL14 8QL
Received 13 Dec 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0036
Discharge of condition 3 pursuant to planning permission 3/2013/0103
4 Meadhope Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3EN
Received 12 Sept 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0035
Discharge of condition 3 pursuant to listed building consent 3/2013/0156
4 Meadhope Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3EN
Received 12 Sept 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0034
Discharge of conditions 3 (landscaping), 5 (boundary treatment), 6 (parking area) and 8 (archaeology) pursuant to planning permission 3/2013/0206
Rumby Hill Farm Rumby Hill Lane Crook County Durham DL15 8EN
Received 9 Sept 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0032
Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 8 and 9 pursuant to planning permission 3/2013/0060
Land At East End Stanhope Bishop Auckland County Durham
Received 23 Aug 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0029
Discharge of conditions 3 (landscaping), 5 (boundary treatment), 6 (surfacing), 8 (foundations), 9 (surface treatment) and 10 (materials) pursuant to planning permission 3/2013/0183
Land Adjacent To Alexandra House Witton Road Fir Tree Crook County Durham
Received 12 Aug 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0028
Discharge condition no. 4 (turbine colour) pursuant to planning application 3/2013/0102
Gibbets Hill Farm Douglas Lane Howden Le Wear Crook County Durham DL15 8ED
Received 31 Jul 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0027
Discharge of conditions 3, 4 and 5 pusuant to planning permission 3/2010/0097
Mine House Cottage Daddry Shield Bishop Auckland DL13 1NW
Received 17 Jul 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0026
Discharge of conditions 3 and 5 pursuant to planning permission 3/2012/0533
Nookton Fell Track Near Blanchland Consett County Durham
Received 13 May 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0025
Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 pursuant planning permission 3/2013/0144
Low Leazes Farm Leazes Lane St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9DX
Received 11 Jul 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0024
Dicharge of conditions 2 (disposal of surface water) 4 (surface water abd foul drainage) 5 (boundary enclosures) and 6 (cycle storage)pursuant to planning permission 3/2012/0365
Land Off Peases Way Crook County Durham
Received 20 Jun 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0022
Discharge of condition 3 (joinery details) pursuant to planning permision 3/2013/0068
Ladbrokes 68 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7EQ
Received 17 May 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0021
Discharge of conditions 3 (energy efficiency measures), 4 (landscaping), 5 (landscape implementation), 7 (highway details), 8 (portable water scheme), 9 (disposal of surface water) and 11 (drainage scheme) pursuant to planning permission 3/2013/0022
(Ascot Way Cheltenham Court Central Grange) Land East Of Woodhouse Lane St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham
Received 2 May 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0020
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials /colourfinish), 4 (surface treatment), 5 (landscaping) and 7 (access detail) pursuant to planning application 3/2011/0506
The Paddock Crawleyside Bank Crawleyside Bishop Auckland DL13 2DU (application Address Land To The West Of Crawleyside Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2DU)
Received 2 May 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0019
Discharge of condition 8 (landscaping) pursuant to planning permission 3/2013/0613
Electrix International Limited 1A Dovecot Hill South Church Enterprise Park Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 6XP
Received 22 May 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0018
Discharge of conditions 3 (window details) pursuant planning application 3/2012/0463
38 Angate Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3EW
Received 27 Mar 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0017
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 4 (sample panel), 5 (surface treatment), 6 (means of enclosure) and 7 (details of heads and cills) pursuant to planning permission 3/2012/0221
Hodgsons Garage Wearhead Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1EB
Received 8 May 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0016
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) 4 (means of enclosure) and 5 (coal mining risk assessment report) pursuant to planning permission 3/2011/0391
Land Rear Of 54 Front Street Sunniside Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 4LW
Received 27 Feb 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0003
Discharge of condition 4 (details of car parking) pursuant to planning permission 3/2012/0440
Pharmacy Station View Medical Centre 29A Escomb Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6AB
Received 13 Feb 2013
Decided3/DC/2013/0002
Discharge of conditions 3 (joinery details), 4 (colour of timber), 5 (fume extraction details) and 8 (storage and collection of refuse details) pursuant to planning permission 3/2012/0390
13 Fore Bondgate Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7PF
Received 7 Jan 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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