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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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55, Cherryfield Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 5QG
Received 4 Jun 202618 Lovaine Street, Middlesbrough TS1 4EP
Received 10 Nov 202517, Sanctuary Close, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS5 7BF
Received 5 Mar 202529, Worsley Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS7 8LU
Received 13 Aug 2025101, Southfield Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3EZ
Received 18 Sept 2025Unit 3, LEADER BUILDINGS, Westerby Road, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS3 8TD
Received 9 Jun 2025Unit 3, South Bank Road, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS3 8AN
Received 26 Feb 20255 Eastwood Road Middlesbrough TS3 9NR
Received 13 Feb 202597A, Ayresome Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4PF
Received 11 Sept 20251 Marton Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS4 3SQ
Received 28 May 202543, Emerson Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 7QP
Received 25 Feb 202534, Aubrey Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 3LX
Received 12 Nov 202556, Sinderby Lane, Middlesbrough, TS7 0RP
Received 31 Mar 202589 Cumberland Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6PP
Received 7 Mar 2025Taylor Wimpey Hemlington Grange
Received 21 Nov 202525, Stoneleigh Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8AR
Received 25 Jan 2023Former St Davids School, Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 7EU
Received 26 Jul 2024Greenfield Site, Off Cass House Road, Opposite Hemlington Recreation Centre
Received 19 Dec 202580, Wicklow Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4RQ
Received 16 Jan 20261, Brickton Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4ND
Received 24 Nov 2021Land Adjacent to Thorntree Cemetery, Middlesbrough
Received 23 Apr 202643, Meath Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4RS
Received 23 Dec 202415, Malvern Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 8JA
Received 26 Aug 202594 The Grove, Marton, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AP
Received 11 Jun 2024Records 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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