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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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274, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2NS
Received 13 Oct 202525 Ruskin Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8PJ
Received 4 Nov 202545, Turnbull Way, Middlesbrough, TS4 3RS
Received 17 Sept 2025390, Newport Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4BT
Received 5 Feb 202543, Elmwood, Middlesbrough, TS8 0SR
Received 17 Mar 20267, Hartforth Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8SH
Received 18 Jan 2023Nunthorpe and Marton Recreation Club, Guisborough Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0JA
Received 30 Apr 202631, Westbourne Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5BN
Received 24 Mar 2026Land south of 4 Fleck Way, Teesside Industrial estate, Thornaby
Received 30 Sept 20261-18, The Ladle, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS4 3SL
Received 10 Jun 2026179, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2EW
Received 26 Jan 2026112, Birkhall Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 9LJ
Received 10 Feb 20235, Birchgate Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5NP
Received 27 Feb 20231-31 Bellamy Court, Pallister Park, Middlesbrough, TS3 8RL
Received 14 Apr 202552, Devonshire Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6DP
Received 18 Nov 2025Gable End of 138 Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2ED
Received 21 Jan 202617, Holey Close, Middlesbrough, TS8 9RD
Received 20 Feb 20252, Newham Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 7PN
Received 11 Jul 202331, Westwood Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 5PX
Received 11 Aug 2026Tees Valley Hospital to the north east o, Tees Valley Hospital, Church Lane, Middlesbrough, Acklam, TS5 7DX
Received 29 Jan 2026Land at Newham Hall, Coulby Newham
Received 24 Jul 2025UNIT 3, South Bank Road, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS3 8AN
Received 26 Feb 2025Discovery Special Academy, Sandy Flatts Lane, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS5 7YN
Received 24 Jul 20241, Pennyman Way, Middlesbrough, TS8 9BL
Received 25 Aug 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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