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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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56, Saltwells Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2DZ
Received 13 Jul 202615, Beeford Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 7JD
Received 21 Nov 202236, Ross Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4EJ
Received 4 Aug 2026Tees Valley Hospital, Church Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 7BH
Received 3 Aug 2026Land at Junction of Borough Road and Marton Road, Middlesborough, TS4 2BN
Received 25 Aug 2026Land Adjacent to Thorntree Cemetery, Middlesbrough
Received 28 Apr 202616 Beaumont Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 6NL
Received 12 Nov 202599, York Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6LJ
Received 6 Oct 202576, St Barnabas Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6AY
Received 19 Dec 2025Cherry Hill Nurseries Bromley Lane Newby North Yorkshire
Received 1 May 202529, Fountains Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 7LW
Received 12 May 2025Nunthorpe Hall Farm, Old Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0NP
Received 6 Jan 2026101, Southfield Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3EZ
Received 23 Apr 202525, Kirkgate Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5LS
Received 3 Jan 202337, Heythrop Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 8QB
Received 22 Dec 202148, Elmwood, Middlesbrough, TS8 0SR
Received 23 Feb 2026EG on the Move PFS and associated kiosk, Acklam Road
Received 6 May 2025109B, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2DU
Received 2 Jul 2026One Life Medical Centre, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough,, TS1 3QY
Received 19 Sept 202412, Wellesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2DJ
Received 20 Jan 2025194, Crescent Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 4QX
Received 23 Dec 20241 Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5AY
Received 20 Mar 202519 Hilderthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0PT
Received 26 Nov 2025278 - 280, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3QS
Received 17 Mar 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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