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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Former St David's School, Middlesbrough, Former St David's School, 1 St David's Way, Middlesbrough, TS5 7EU
Received 28 May 20259 Tewkesbury Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS7 8NB
Received 27 Jul 202618 Low Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 8EA
Received 22 May 20252A, Cambridge Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS7 8EJ
Received 16 Jan 2026Vacant Land Adjacent to Medical Centre, Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0NB
Received 5 Sept 202516, Elwick Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8NT
Received 5 Jan 2026196, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2EP
Received 4 Feb 2026Nunthorpe Grange
Received 30 Sept 2025Constantine Court, Outside No. 20, Middlesbrough, TS1 3GA
Received 28 Sept 2026Breckon Hill Primary School, Breckon Hill Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2DS
Received 30 Jul 202427, Hallgarth Close, Middlesbrough, TS5 8SX
Received 20 May 2026311 - 321, FORBES BUILDING, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 4AW
Received 10 Jul 202423 Lorne Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 5QY
Received 19 Mar 2025441, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 7HB
Received 5 Sept 20257, Mayberry Grove, Middlesbrough, TS5 5PU
Received 1 Dec 2022ORMESBY HALL CHURCH LANE ORMESBY MIDDLESBROUGH TS7 9AS
Received 26 Mar 202512, Collingham Drive, Middlesbrough, TS7 0GB
Received 11 Nov 2022Newham Grange Leisure Farm, Wykeham Way, Middlesbrough, TS8 0TG
Received 18 Sept 202636, Seamer Road, Middlesbrough, TS8 9DG
Received 15 Apr 2025134, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2ED
Received 26 Jun 2024142, Cumberland Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6LZ
Received 2 Jan 202364, Gypsy Lane, Middlesbrough, TS7 8NG
Received 27 Apr 202622, Ellerby Green, Middlesbrough, TS3 7QL
Received 13 Mar 20231 Axminster Road, Middlesbrough, TS8 9HX
Received 2 Mar 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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