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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Middlesbrough Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jul 2021 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Middlesbrough Leisure Park, Middlesbrough, TS1 2DY
Received 21 Jul 2026FORMER D1 OILS SITE, Forty Foot Road, Middlesbrough, TS2 1HG
Received 12 Sept 2025CONSTANTINE COURT, Park Road North, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS1 3GA
Received 3 Jun 2025Tennis World, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3SA
Received 20 May 202610, Hemlington Road, Middlesbrough, TS8 9AJ
Received 19 Dec 20253, Muirfield, Middlesbrough, TS7 0JN
Received 15 Jul 2026Former Cleveland College Of Art And Design, Green Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 7RJ
Received 15 Jul 2026Grey Towers Village - Phase 8, Dixons Bank, Middlesborough, TS7 0PW
Received 31 Mar 2025TREETOPS, Croft Drive, Middlesbrough, TS7 0JB
Received 9 Feb 202649, Mulgrave Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6PR
Received 9 Mar 202667, Barker Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5EW
Received 7 Jan 20262A Gypsy Lane Middlesbrough TS7 8NG
Received 15 May 202569 Cumberland Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6PN
Received 22 Apr 2026LAND BOUNDED BY TEES DOCK ROAD TO EAST BOLCKOW ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TO SOUTH EAST ESTON ROAD AND, VACANT LAND TO WEST DARLINGTON & SALTBURN RAILWAY LINE TO NORTH WEST
Received 4 Feb 202569, Lynmouth Close, Middlesbrough, TS8 9NH
Received 1 Jul 20251 Hurworth Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3DW
Received 17 Mar 202526, Newham Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS7 8EY
Received 13 Feb 2026Tees Valley Hospital Building, Church Lane, Middlesbrough
Received 10 Feb 20252 Barnaby Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 4ET
Received 28 Mar 2025Bus Shelter O/S 218 Linthorpe Road, TS1 3QW
Received 25 Jun 2026Marton Manor Primary School, The Derby, Middlesbrough, TS7 8RH
Received 23 Jan 2026Discovery Special Academy, Sandy Flatts Lane, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS5 7YN
Received 15 Apr 2024116, Guisborough Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0JA
Received 23 Sept 202522, Acton Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 3NG
Received 16 Jun 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Middlesbrough Borough 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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