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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

24,316Searchable applications

1,062Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 18,886 approved or refused records

923Refused applications

17,963 approved · 923 refused · 1,150 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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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

Decided3/2013/0292
Demolition of existing detached garage and erection of new detached garage
Land To Rear Of 65 William Street Auckland Park Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 8RJ
Received 12 Aug 2013
Decided3/2013/0291
Convert garage to habitable room and link to main dwelling
6 Low Dowfold Crook County Durham DL15 9AE
Received 12 Aug 2013
Decided3/2013/0290
Proposed dwelling and works to tpo trees
25 Holywood Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3HE
Received 12 Aug 2013
Decided3/2013/0289
Erection of stables
Land North Of 9 Arthur Pit Cottages Roddymoor Crook County Durham DL15 9QL
Received 12 Aug 2013
Decided3/2013/0288
Erection of wooden telegraph pole
Entrance Track To Melon Rise Burtreeford Cowshill Bishop Auckland County Durham
Received 12 Aug 2013
Decided3/2013/0287
Single storey rear extension and new door and windows to front
3 Belford Place Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3EE
Received 9 Aug 2013
Decided3/2013/0286
Minor material amendment to planning permission 3/2011/0279 for alterations to proposed garage
Land To Rear Of Two Oaks Hunwick Lane Sunnybrow Crook County Durham DL15 0LT
Received 31 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0265
Partial change of use from D1 (day centre) to mixed use D1 (day centre), A3 (cafe) and D2 (dance hall)
The Bradbury Centre 154 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7EH
Received 24 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0264
Listed building consent for internal alterations and demolish porch
1 Cragside Cottages Eastgate Bishop Auckland DL13 2HJ
Received 25 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0262
Erection of detached triple garage
Latherbrush House 84A Etherley Lane Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7QZ
Received 23 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0261
Change of use of shop, flat and garage to form 3 no. Residential units
41 Wilson Street Crook County Durham DL15 9EA
Received 22 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0260
Two storey rear and side extension
15 The Crofts Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3BA
Received 22 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0259
Conversion of former granary into 1 no. Dwelling with private access and garage
The Granary Hunwick Hall Farm Hunwick Crook County Durham DL15 0JS
Received 22 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0257
Substitution of house types and addition of 2NO. Dwellings
Land To The North Of Hawthorn Drive And West Of Hill Meadows Willington DL15 0GJ
Received 23 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0256
Erection of bungalow and detached garage
Land Rear Of 25 Etherley Lane Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7QU
Received 17 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0255
Variation of condition no. 2 of permission 3/2012/0532 to allow a different house type on plot 5
Site Of Former Weardale Building Supplies 70 Lydgate Lane Wolsingham DL13 3EZ
Received 17 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0253
Single storey rear extension
12 Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3ET
Received 19 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0252
Erection of glazed extension to front
52 West End Villas Crook County Durham DL15 9PQ
Received 19 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0251
Installation of 2 no. Dormer windows to front elevation above garage
5 Durham Road Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7HU
Received 15 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0250
Erection of annex to side of existing dwelling and dormer window to the rear (resubmission)
Cleveland View Leasingthorne Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 8EH
Received 12 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0248
Garage conversion to dining room
35 Tennyson Terrace Crook County Durham DL15 9NG
Received 11 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0247
Extension to front of garage and insertion of window in first floor gable end
7 Demesne Court Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AW
Received 11 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0246
New door in west elevation
2 Grange Court High Grange Witton Le Wear Crook County Durham DL15 8AZ
Received 11 Jul 2013
Decided3/2013/0245
Erection of single storey rear extensioin
2 Dene Grove Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 6DR
Received 8 Jul 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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