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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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13, Buxton Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS7 8LP
Received 5 Sept 202511, Ladgate Grange, Middlesbrough, TS3 7SL
Received 19 Sept 2025Land to the west of Riverside Park Road.
Received 4 Dec 202418 Kirby Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 4LA
Received 15 Apr 2026Land at Newham Hall, Coulby Newham
Received 20 Feb 202535 Romney Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4NE
Received 8 Oct 2025Beechfield Court, Birkhall Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 9GY
Received 5 Mar 202542, Cambridge Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5LE
Received 21 Sept 202290, Westminster Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6NP
Received 30 Jul 202626, Wellspring Close, Middlesbrough, TS5 8RG
Received 10 Apr 2025Footpath adjacent to, Newlands Medical Centre, Borough Road, Middlesbrough
Received 7 Oct 2025Tree Bridge Cottage, Nunthorpe Village Road, Nunthorpe, North Yorkshire, TS7 0NS
Received 30 Sept 2026Land at Grey Towers Farm, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0NF
Received 5 Aug 202413A, Albert Terrace, Middlesbrough, TS1 3PA
Received 22 Apr 202477, St Cuthbert Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS7 8RG
Received 1 May 202415 Primrose Way, Middelsbrough, TS8 9FH
Received 16 Feb 20234, Westbeck Gardens, Middlesbrough, TS5 6RY
Received 17 Jul 20261, Grey Towers Drive, Middlesbrough, TS7 0LS
Received 22 Jul 2026Footpath Outside of, 2 Southfield Road, Middlesbrough
Received 7 Oct 202521, Arlington Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 7RD
Received 27 Feb 202699 Southfield Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3EZ
Received 23 Apr 202551, Ceremony Wynd, Middlesbrough, TS4 2WG
Received 10 Feb 202333 The Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 6PE
Received 23 Jun 202634, The Grove, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AG
Received 25 Mar 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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