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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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6, Whitton Close, Middlesbrough, TS5 8PR
Received 11 May 20269, Glenn Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS7 8ED
Received 17 Jul 2026Footpath outside of 59/61 Acklam Road, Middlesbrough
Received 6 Mar 202622, Hebron Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6RD
Received 3 Feb 2026TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH, Stainsby Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4JS
Received 23 Dec 2025453, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 7HB
Received 29 Jun 202625, The Grove, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AF
Received 3 Oct 20252, Derwentwater Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 7DB
Received 5 May 202624 Marlborough Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 8LB
Received 31 Jul 2025Site of former Marton Hotel & Country Club, Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough
Received 18 Aug 2025Land off Cargo Fleet Lane, (Former Fleet House and Thorntree House sites)
Received 16 Jul 202513, Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0NB
Received 14 Sept 202648, Gunnergate Lane, Middlesbrough, TS7 8JB
Received 9 Mar 2023157, Southfield Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3HF
Received 11 Feb 202627, The Grove, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AF
Received 3 Oct 20255, Cheltenham Close, Middlesbrough, TS5 6LX
Received 1 Nov 2022Cleared site known as Grove Hill Bound
Received 15 Jun 202616, Whitehouse Street, Middlesbrough, TS5 4BY
Received 3 May 2024Land Adjacent to, 5 Robertson Close & 23 Parnaby Way
Received 26 Jun 2025Grey Towers, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0PW
Received 5 Nov 2025Hollybush Farm, Thornaby Road, Thornaby
Received 11 Mar 202514, The Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS5 6SQ
Received 17 Apr 202627, Maltby Road, Middlesbrough, TS8 9BU
Received 8 Jul 202423 Lorne Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 5QY
Received 19 Mar 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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