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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
24,172Searchable applications
1,061Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 18,759 approved or refused records
919Refused applications

17,840 approved · 919 refused · 1,138 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 2010 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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. Decided3/2013/0345

    Resubmission of previously approved ref: 3/2013/0241 to amend roof design to rear

    31 Windermere Drive West Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 9LF

    Received 18 Sept 2013
  2. Decided3/2013/0344

    Garage extension - amendment to planning approval 3/2013/0196

    11 Coppice Wood Hunwick Crook County Durham DL15 0LL

    Received 18 Sept 2013
  3. Decided3/2013/0343

    Creation of vehicular access to serve new parking space

    6 Etherley Grange Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 0JZ

    Received 18 Sept 2013
  4. Decided3/2013/0342

    3 no. Static caravans

    Land Adjoining Brotherlee Holiday Home Park Westgate Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1SR

    Received 18 Sept 2013
  5. Decided3/2013/0341

    Installation of upvc windows

    Flats 1-12 Clayton Court Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7QW

    Received 11 Sept 2013
  6. Decided3/2013/0340

    Demolition of redundant buildings and erection of four apartments

    14 East Bridge Street Crook DL15 9BJ

    Received 16 Sept 2013
  7. Decided3/2013/0339

    Single storey extensions and garage

    1A Carville Estate Willington Crook County Durham DL15 0HH

    Received 12 Sept 2013
  8. Decided3/2013/0338

    Demolish agricultural building and build single storey kitchen and dining room extension. Revised scheme of 3/2013/0208

    New Hall Farm Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3JQ

    Received 16 Sept 2013
  9. Decided3/2013/0337

    3 no. Internally illuminated fascia signs to the front/side and rear elevations and window vinyls to side elevation

    Unit 1 Bishop Auckland Retail Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 9AB

    Received 16 Sept 2013
  10. Decided3/2013/0336

    Single storey rear extension

    7 Snowball Close Crook County Durham DL15 9GD

    Received 27 Sept 2013
  11. Decided3/2013/0335

    Proposed dwellinghouse

    Land At Church Lane Hunwick Crook County Durham DL15 0JX

    Received 16 Sept 2013
  12. Decided3/2013/0334

    Extension (to north) of existing building, internal remodelling & associated alteration to building and site (resubmission)

    Evergreen Primary School Warwick Road Bishop Auckland DL14 6LS

    Received 10 Sept 2013
  13. Decided3/2013/0333

    Micro wind turbine and pv array

    Shallcotts Boltshope Blanchland Consett County Durham DH8 9UY

    Received 10 Sept 2013
  14. Decided3/2013/0331

    Erection of stables and change of use from agricultural land to the keeping of horses for recreational use

    California House California Witton Park Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 0DR

    Received 9 Sept 2013
  15. Decided3/2013/0330

    Paint exterior of dwelling

    Dreamcatcher Cottage 9 Melbourne Place Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3EQ

    Received 6 Sept 2013
  16. Decided3/2013/0329

    Demolition of scout hut and erection of 2 no. Detached houses

    Site Of Former Scout Hut Colliery Road Willington Crook DL15 0EX

    Received 6 Sept 2013
  17. Decided3/2013/0328

    Erection of dwelling (renewal of planning permission 3/2010/0421)

    Land West Of 7 South View Fir Tree DL15 8BW

    Received 6 Sept 2013
  18. Decided3/2013/0327

    Erection and display of externally illuminated fascia and projecting signs

    10 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7EG

    Received 5 Sept 2013
  19. Decided3/2013/0326

    Storage building to rear

    The Burn Hotel 14 West End Terrace Willington Crook DL15 0HW

    Received 5 Sept 2013
  20. Decided3/2014/0059

    Installation of ramps to front and rear and creation of 3 no. Car parking bays

    Wheatbottom Community Centre Wheatbottom Crook County Durham DL15 9HB

    Received 10 Feb 2014
  21. Decided3/2014/0058

    Provision of footway link (between tesco and bishop auckland retail park)

    Tesco Extra St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 9AB

    Received 13 Feb 2014
  22. Decided3/2013/0433

    Erection of conservatory to rear

    31 St Annes Drive Wolsingham Bishop Auckland Durham DL13 3DG

    Received 4 Dec 2013
  23. Decided3/2013/0432

    Erection of 33 no. Three bedroom houses and 1 no. Two bedroom house with associated parking and landscaping

    Spinners Croft Crook Land Adjacent To Weavers Croft Crook County Durham DL15 8JY

    Received 2 Dec 2013
  24. Decided3/2013/0431

    Change of use from retail (A1) to residential (C3), windows to ground floor

    11A Hope Street Crook County Durham DL15 9HS

    Received 2 Dec 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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