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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 to the South East of Thorndyke Avenue
Received 22 Jul 2026ORMESBY HALL CHURCH LANE ORMESBY MIDDLESBROUGH TS7 9AS
Received 26 Mar 20259, Chesham Street, Middlesbrough, TS5 6BS
Received 14 May 20257, Claude Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 5PR
Received 25 Jul 202557 Belle Vue Grove, Middlesbrough, TS4 2PZ
Received 4 Aug 2025Land Adjacent to Montpellier Manor Care Home, Strait Lane, Middlesbrough, TS8 9FH
Received 20 Apr 202650, Outram Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4EG
Received 15 May 2025Land north of Dockside Road, Normanby Wharf, Dockside Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8AT
Received 5 Aug 202458 Larkspur Road Marton Middlesbrough , TS7 8SD
Received 11 Jul 20245, Clevegate, Middlesbrough, TS7 0QU
Received 7 Jul 20251, Holbeck Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8DR
Received 15 Aug 2025Bannatynes Just Fitness Health Club, Dalby Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, TS8 0TJ
Received 5 Jun 202413, The Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS5 6SG
Received 19 Dec 202553, Trimdon Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8LU
Received 3 Nov 20227, Linden Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS7 8JF
Received 20 May 202652, Heythrop Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 8QB
Received 23 Feb 2026Community Centre, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6HX
Received 7 Sept 2026Land off Cropton Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough
Received 24 Sept 2025Cleared site known as Grove Hill. Bound
Received 29 Apr 202653 Aire Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4PG
Received 13 Mar 2026102 Ingram Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 7BQ
Received 20 Jun 20253, Barker Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5EW
Received 21 Dec 202215 , Teak Street, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS1 3EF
Received 25 Mar 2025Ayresome Primary School, Worcester Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4NT
Received 5 Mar 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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