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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Former St Davids School, Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 7EU
Received 26 Jul 202411, Woodlea, Middlesbrough, TS8 0TX
Received 3 Sept 202520, Phillips Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 5PS
Received 9 Oct 202510, Cambridge Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5NQ
Received 19 May 2025Grey Towers, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0PW
Received 1 Jul 202528 Collingham Drive, Middlesbrough, TS7 0GB
Received 20 May 2026Prissick Base, Ladgate Lane/Marton Avenue, Middlesbrough
Received 25 Jun 2024Jayden House, Granville Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3PE
Received 28 May 20256, Runnymede, Middlesbrough, TS7 0QL
Received 3 Feb 202335, Croft Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8AU
Received 14 Aug 2026Former Cleveland College Of Art And Design, Green Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 7RJ
Received 14 Jul 20266, Bedford Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0BZ
Received 8 May 202647, Clairville Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2HH
Received 9 Sept 202618, Malltraeth Sands, Middlesbrough, TS5 8UH
Received 1 Jul 2024Dockside Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 6AH
Received 17 Nov 2025Former Roseberry Filling Station, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough
Received 11 Apr 2024UNITY CITY ACADEMY, Ormesby Road, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS3 8RE
Received 28 Apr 202573, Borough Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3AA
Received 1 Sept 202523 Worsley Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS7 8LU
Received 4 Dec 2025Hall Farm, Old Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0NP
Received 4 Sept 2025Rear of Durham House, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW
Received 17 Jul 2026Vacant land adjacent to new Medical Centre, Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0NB
Received 20 Mar 20258 Rushmere, Middlesbrough, TS8 9XL
Received 15 May 202417, Eton Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5EP
Received 24 Apr 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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