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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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13, Surrey Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4QD
Received 21 Jul 20255, Highfield Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2PE
Received 15 Nov 2021Site of former Southlands Centre, Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 OBH
Received 11 Jun 2024150 Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3RA
Received 24 Jun 202529 Holbeck Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8DS
Received 27 Mar 20261, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5AY
Received 18 Dec 2024Warelands Way Industrial Estate, Middlesbrough, TS4 2JY
Received 23 May 2024Stainsby Grange Stud, Acklam Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-tees, TS17 9AB
Received 24 Oct 2025Cleared site known as Grove Hill. Bound
Received 29 Jan 20264, STAINTON HOUSE, Marwood Wynd, Middlesbrough, TS8 9AD
Received 2 May 2025The Red House Cottage, Church Lane, Middlesbrough, TS7 0PD
Received 28 Mar 2025Seal Sands, within boundary of Stockton Borough Council and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Received 11 Feb 202523, Kensington Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6AJ
Received 6 Jan 202616, Grange Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS7 8EA
Received 15 Dec 2022AYR: The Flower Patch CIC is situated on, All Year Round The Flower Patch CIC, Former Natures World Site, Sandy Flatts Lane, Middlesbrough, Acklam, TS5 7YN
Received 26 Jan 20263 Gloucester Close, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0BU
Received 11 Aug 2025109B, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2DU
Received 22 May 2024Boho X Land at Gosford Street, Middlesbrough
Received 12 Nov 202129, The Grove, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AF
Received 11 Nov 202143, Cranbrook, Middlesbrough, TS8 9XH
Received 5 Jun 202599, York Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6LJ
Received 8 Jan 202569, Saxonfield, Middlesbrough, TS8 0SN
Received 12 Jun 2024Hemlington Locality Hub and Library, Crosscliff, Hemlington, TS8 9JJ
Received 7 Oct 2025278-280, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3QS
Received 25 Aug 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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