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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Received 7 Apr 202617, Axminster Road, Middlesbrough, TS8 9HX
Received 27 Apr 202322 Preen Drive Middlesbrough TS5 8AJ
Received 22 Nov 202115 Thornton Road, Middlesbrough, TS8 9BS
Received 13 Aug 20257, Cannon Park Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 5JP
Received 11 Feb 2026Former Caretakers House, 87 Kader Avenue, Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 8NH
Received 9 Apr 2024Former Milford House, Portland House, Northfleet avenue & Jupiter Court, Admirals Avenue, Middlesbrough
Received 19 Feb 2025111 Ruskin Avenue Middlesbrough TS5 8PD
Received 17 Apr 202618, Lancaster Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6PF
Received 17 Jul 20242, Ambleside Grove, Middlesbrough, TS5 7DQ
Received 23 Oct 2025154, Ingram Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 7BU
Received 7 Oct 2025St Bernadettes Roman Catholic Primary School, Cookgate, Middlesbrough, TS7 0PZ
Received 11 Mar 2025Former Cleveland College Of Art And Design, Green Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 7RJ
Received 23 Jul 2026109, Roman Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5QB
Received 14 May 202513, Gypsy Lane, Middlesbrough, TS7 8NF
Received 10 Jul 2025ACKLAM GRANGE SCHOOL, Lodore Grove, Middlesbrough, TS5 8PB
Received 14 Apr 2026A G Parfett & Son - Cash & Carry, Cargo Fleet Lane, Middlesbrough, TS3 8AL
Received 23 Oct 202519, Strait Lane, Middlesbrough, TS8 9BB
Received 21 Aug 2026Tennis World, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3SA
Received 10 Mar 202544, Outram Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4EG
Received 4 Aug 202543, High Gill Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0EA
Received 10 Mar 2025Former Turford Avenue Social Club, Turford Avenue, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS3 9AT
Received 16 Sept 202687 Crescent Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 4QR
Received 10 Dec 2025BYD Middlesborough, BYD Lookers, South Bank Road East, Middlesborough, TS3 8AX
Received 27 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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