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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Land at Newham Hall, Coulby Newham
Received 12 Jun 2025446A, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 8BB
Received 9 Oct 202512, Kedlestone Park, Middlesbrough, TS8 9XW
Received 6 Nov 2025Morrisons Petrol Filling, The Berwick Hills Centre, Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 7RP
Received 9 Feb 2026PARKWAY CENTRE, Dalby Way, Middlesbrough, TS8 0TJ
Received 1 Sept 2025Land adjacent to Montpellier Manor Care Home, Strait Lane,, Middlesbrough, Stainton, TS8 9FH
Received 16 Apr 202578, North Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2AG
Received 3 Jul 202622, Ellerby Green, Middlesbrough, TS3 7QL
Received 20 Feb 2023Southlands Centre, Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 0JR
Received 19 May 2026Unit 4 South Bank Road, Middlesbrough, TS6 6RS
Received 15 Jul 202641 Roman Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6DZ
Received 9 Jul 202417 Sessay Grange, Middlesbrough, TS7 0DH
Received 2 Dec 2025The Grenadier , Trimdon Avenue , Acklam , Middlesbrough , TS5 8SB
Received 6 Aug 202439, Park Road South, Middlesbrough, TS5 6LE
Received 7 Oct 202530, Croft Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8AX
Received 24 Dec 202529 Aubrey Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 3ND
Received 11 Mar 20267, Cremorne Close, Middlesbrough, TS7 8RE
Received 3 Jun 202555, Keith Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3AT
Received 11 Mar 20253, Rose Cottage Gardens, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS8 9FA
Received 13 Aug 202523 Worsley Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS7 8LU
Received 5 Sept 2025Roseville, Hollins Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 5AS
Received 8 Dec 202522 Corporal Roberts Close, Middlesbrough, TS8 9SP
Received 24 Feb 202522 A, Cornfield Road, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS5 5QL
Received 6 Nov 202543, Ash Green, Middlesbrough, TS8 0UW
Received 6 Oct 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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