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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 5 Jun 20258, The Birches, Middlesbrough, TS8 0UA
Received 7 Apr 202539, Low Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 8DU
Received 4 Mar 2025EVENING GAZETTE, THE GAZETTE, Riverside Park Road, Middlesbrough, TS2 1QW
Received 9 Sept 20255 Norfolk Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS3 0LY
Received 1 Sept 2025102, The Pastures, Middlesbrough, TS8 0UL
Received 14 Jan 2026314 - 316, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3QX
Received 4 Jun 2026Cleared site known as Grove Hill. Bound
Received 16 Jun 202537 Beaumont Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 6NN
Received 6 Aug 2026Newby Farm Newby North Yorkshire TS8 9DY
Received 23 Dec 202120-22 Newport road (Admiral), Admiral, 20-22 Newport Road, Middlesbrough, Due
Received 17 Nov 2021St Josephs Roman Catholic School, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2NT
Received 19 Jun 202641, Bow Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4BU
Received 8 Aug 2025Land At Hemlington Grange, Middlesbrough
Received 21 May 202421 Teak Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 3EF
Received 18 Feb 20266, CLEVELAND VIEW, Cargo Fleet Lane, Middlesbrough, TS3 8NW
Received 26 Mar 202673 , Maddren Way, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS5 5BD
Received 26 Nov 202517 Clifton Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4BY
Received 26 Feb 202657, The Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 6QU
Received 16 Jun 2025Grey Towers Phase 8, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0PW
Received 20 Oct 202558 Green Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 7SL
Received 27 Jan 202629A Upton Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 3NE
Received 6 Feb 2025641 Marton Road Middlesbrough TS4 3SE
Received 3 Nov 2021Cleared site known as Grove Hill. Bound
Received 25 Jul 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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