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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
9, Wylam Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4ES
Received 16 May 20251A, Rear of, Windsor Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6DS
Received 3 Jan 202547 Ruskin Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8PG
Received 20 Jul 202622, King's Road, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, TS3 6NF
Received 16 Dec 2025Cleared site known as Grove Hill. Bound
Received 18 May 2026Greenfield Site, Off Cass House Road, Opposite Hemlington Recreation Centre
Received 3 Apr 202512, Newhaven Close, Middlesbrough, TS8 9QG
Received 17 Mar 2026Hamilton House, Sotherby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8BT
Received 7 Oct 2025Land to the west of Riverside Park Road.
Received 17 Apr 202545, Ayresome Green Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 4DT
Received 26 Feb 202538 Chandlers Ridge, Middlesbrough, TS7 0JL
Received 31 Mar 2025Grey Towers, Middlesbrough, TS7 0PW
Received 25 Feb 202640, Saltersgill Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS4 3LB
Received 10 Jun 20266, Broadstone, Middlesbrough, TS8 9XY
Received 18 Jun 202659, Bamboo Way, Middlesbrough, TS3 9AE
Received 7 May 202464, Staindrop Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 8NX
Received 13 May 2025ROSEBERRY PARK HOSPITAL, Marton Road, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS4 3AF
Received 14 May 202434, Hawkstone, Middlesbrough, TS8 9XJ
Received 7 Jul 202674, Ravenscroft Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 7QL
Received 12 Feb 2026Former Milford House, Portland House, Northfleet Avenue & Jupiter Court, Admirals Avenue, Middlesbrough
Received 4 Jun 202553 Woodlea Middlesbrough TS8 0TX
Received 13 Jul 20233, Woodhay Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 4QD
Received 3 Feb 202564, The Grove, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AJ
Received 27 Feb 20251a Letitia Street, Middlesbrough, TS5 4BE
Received 30 May 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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