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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Davids School, Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 7EU
Received 26 Jul 202481 Elmwood, Middlesbrough, TS8 0SS
Received 25 Nov 2025Forty Foot Road, Middlesbrough, TS2 1HB
Received 8 Jan 202622, Enfield Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4EH
Received 23 Jul 202589, The Grove, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AN
Received 15 Aug 2025GREY TOWERS HALL, Wyke Lane, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS7 0GD
Received 22 Nov 20214, Hilderthorpe, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0PT
Received 25 Mar 2025Newby Farm Middlesbrough North Yorkshire
Received 19 Jun 2026373, Cannon Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 5SL
Received 3 Feb 20254, Swanage Close, Middlesbrough, TS8 9NX
Received 14 Jan 2025East Parkside Village, Park Road North, Middlesbrough, TS1 3NW
Received 24 May 202478, North Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2AG
Received 24 Dec 20255, The Grove, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AB
Received 17 Mar 2025Parkway Centre, Dalby Way, Middlesbrough, TS8 0TJ
Received 14 May 2025623, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3SE
Received 18 Feb 20262, Jesmond Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 5JY
Received 1 May 202690, Gunnergate Lane, Middlesbrough, TS7 8JD
Received 18 Jun 202422, Grassington Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3ET
Received 27 Mar 20258, Seamer Road, Middlesbrough
Received 5 Feb 202515, Oldbury Grove, Middlesbrough, TS8 9PF
Received 10 Mar 20258, Deighton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3QD
Received 13 Aug 202699, Southfield Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3EZ
Received 23 Apr 202536, The Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS7 0AR
Received 15 Sept 2022Former Crombie's Site, Emmerson Street, Middlesbrough, TS5 6NS
Received 8 Jun 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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