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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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78 , North Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2AG
Received 11 Mar 2026Site is a vacant grass verge area outside, Land On The East Side Of Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3SE
Received 1 Aug 202522, Dixons Bank, Middlesbrough, TS7 8NT
Received 7 May 20249, Urlay Grove, Middlesbrough, TS5 8LB
Received 18 Aug 20265 Grisedale Close, Middlesbrough, TS5 8JW
Received 5 May 202629, Cambridge Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5NG
Received 16 Dec 202211, Reeth Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5JN
Received 18 Sept 2025102, Lansdowne Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2QS
Received 28 Jul 20254 Limes Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6RQ
Received 26 Feb 20256, Lodore Grove, Middlesbrough, TS5 8PA
Received 13 Sept 202239-43 Market Place North Ormesby Middlesbrough
Received 15 Jan 202538, Minsterley Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 8QR
Received 3 Mar 202576, Highfield Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2QP
Received 4 Aug 202699, York Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6LJ
Received 6 Oct 2025Land at Low Grange Farm South Bank
Received 31 Mar 2026Opposite 293, Linthorpe Road, Middlesborough, TS1 4AP
Received 18 Sept 20269, Chalford Oaks, Middlesbrough, TS5 8QF
Received 22 Dec 20226, Old Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0NN
Received 24 Jul 2026Land to the west of Riverside Park Road.
Received 26 Oct 2025Hemlington Initiative Centre, Cass House Road, Middlesbrough, TS8 9QW
Received 13 May 202227, Cornfield Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5QJ
Received 27 Jul 2026Land North of Wynyard Business Park, North Chapell Lane, Wynyard, Stockton-on-Tees
Received 26 Aug 20224, Marlsford Grove, Middlesbrough, TS5 8PH
Received 3 Jun 202654 Gunnergate Lane Middlesbrough TS7 8JB
Received 21 Nov 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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