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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
24,451Searchable applications
1,069Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 18,995 approved or refused records
934Refused applications

18,061 approved · 934 refused · 1,158 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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. Decided3/2013/0216

    Removal of condition 6 of planning persmission 3/2009/0453

    Stanley Hall Farm Stanley Crook County Durham DL15 9AW

    Received 19 Jun 2013
  2. Decided3/2013/0215

    Change of use to provide livery, erection of stable block and implement store, extension to existing stable block and formation of riding arena

    High Jobs Hill Farm Rumby Hill Lane Crook County Durham DL15 0SF

    Received 18 Jun 2013
  3. Decided3/2013/0214

    Sun room extension to rear

    19 Gladstone Terrace Sunniside Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 4LS

    Received 27 Jun 2013
  4. Decided3/2013/0213

    Increase width of house C of planning permission 3/2012/0343

    Park Wall Farm Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4NJ

    Received 17 Jun 2013
  5. Decided3/2013/0212

    Listed building consent for internal alterations to create ensuite shower room

    The Old Hall 56 Front Street West Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 9HL

    Received 12 Jun 2013
  6. Decided3/2013/0211

    Single storey rear extension

    41 Foundry Fields Crook County Durham DL15 9JZ

    Received 14 Jun 2013
  7. Decided3/2013/0210

    Single storey rear extension and detached garage

    59 Staindrop Road West Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 9JU

    Received 17 Jun 2013
  8. Decided3/2013/0209

    Erection of dwelling and detached garage

    Land Adjacent To 4 New Brook Terrace Eldon Lane Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 8TX

    Received 13 Jun 2013
  9. Decided3/2013/0208

    Demolish agricultural building and build single storey kitchen and dining room extension

    New Hall Farm Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3JQ

    Received 17 Jun 2013
  10. Decided3/2013/0207

    Conversion of bungalow to dormer bungalow

    Bamburgh Bamburgh Avenue Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 6NF

    Received 12 Jun 2013
  11. Decided3/2013/0206

    Demolition of existing dwelling, outbuildings and stables and erection of replacement dwelling, outbuildings, stables, agricultural storage building and formation of new access

    Rumby Hill Farm Rumby Hill Lane Crook County Durham DL15 8EN

    Received 13 Jun 2013
  12. Decided3/2013/0205

    Erection of conservatory to eastern elevation

    The Byre Woodhouses Farmhouse Woodhouses St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 0LL

    Received 14 Jun 2013
  13. Decided3/2013/0203

    Ground and first floor side and rear extension

    14 Greenways Sunnybrow County Durham DL15 0LX

    Received 13 Jun 2013
  14. Decided3/2013/0202

    Remove render and repoint front elevation

    46 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3DD

    Received 6 Jun 2013
  15. Decided3/2013/0201

    Siting of temporary pharmacy portacabin

    Former Fire Station Watling Road Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 6RP

    Received 7 Jun 2013
  16. Decided3/2013/0200

    Outline application for 4 no. Dwellings with some reserved matters

    Wooley Terrace Methodist Church High Road Stanley Crook County Durham DL15 9SN

    Received 7 Jun 2013
  17. Decided3/2013/0199

    Construction of 14 dwellings

    Dellside House Low Willington Wilington Crook DL15 0DH

    Received 10 Jun 2013
  18. Decided3/2013/0198

    Extension of time for approval reference 3/2010/0280

    Eden Garage Staindrop Road West Auckland Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 9JY

    Received 13 Jun 2013
  19. Decided3/2013/0197

    Single storey rear extension

    36 Middlehope Grove Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 0SH

    Received 6 Jun 2013
  20. Decided3/2013/0196

    Garage extension

    11 Coppice Wood Hunwick Crook County Durham DL15 0LL

    Received 6 Jun 2013
  21. Decided3/2013/0195

    Siting of steel storage container

    Land At Newton Cap Farm To The West Of Waterside Cottages Toronto Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7SD

    Received 4 Jun 2013
  22. Decided3/2013/0194

    Conversion of existing garage to habitable space and construction of larger driveway

    9 St Phillips Close Auckland Park Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 8BD

    Received 3 Jun 2013
  23. Decided3/2013/0193

    Change of use of barn to residential dwelling

    Redundant Barn Briar Hill Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland DL13 1EL

    Received 4 Jun 2013
  24. Decided3/2013/0192

    Change of use from vehicle repair and mot centre to veterinary surgery with ancillary retail use to include installation of new shop front, escape door and associated external alterations

    Former Ats Euromaster Premises Cockton Hill Road Bishop Auckland Durham DL14 6JG

    Received 3 Jun 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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