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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 bounded by Teeswork road infrastructure to north west, east and south and Tees Dock Road, to north west, east and south and Tees Dock Road to west Lackenby
Received 3 Feb 2025Beacon Baptist Church, Cambridge Road
Received 2 Oct 2025204 , Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2ES
Received 20 Jan 202628 Elwick Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8NT
Received 4 May 202675, Essex Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4PT
Received 3 Feb 2025Newbridge Court Redevelopment Development Site, Rievaulx Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 7NQ
Received 31 Mar 2026High Farm Skippers Lane Middlesbrough TS6 0HY
Received 30 Oct 20258, Hutton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2LD
Received 3 Oct 20222, Marton Estate Square, Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 8DU
Received 21 Nov 2025Cleared site known as Grove Hill. Bound
Received 24 Nov 2025Former Penistone Hall & Park End Public House, Penistone Road, Park End, Middlesbrough, TS3 0EF
Received 24 Mar 20268 Bentinck Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 6RU
Received 15 Sept 20256, Maltby Road, Middlesbrough, TS8 9BU
Received 20 Aug 2026Blue Bell Hotel, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 7HL
Received 19 Aug 202625, Maltby Road, Middlesbrough, TS8 9BU
Received 21 Nov 2025Coulby Manor Club, Coulby Manor Way, Middlesbrough
Received 14 Jan 20253 Beck Street, Middlesbrough, TS5 8FN
Received 26 Mar 2025Footpath outside 436-438 Marton Road, Middlesbrough
Received 6 Mar 20262- 4, Lorne Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 5QY
Received 22 Jul 20263, FAIRFIELDS, Brewsdale Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 6LR
Received 26 Feb 202593 Chalford Oaks, Middlesbrough, TS5 8QQ
Received 12 Aug 202653, The Pastures, Middlesbrough, TS8 0UJ
Received 25 Oct 202541 Malvern Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 8JD
Received 12 Mar 2025Lunefield House, The Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS5 6SJ
Received 18 May 2026Records 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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