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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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40, Saltersgill Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS4 3LB
Received 30 Mar 202639, Hambledon Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5EE
Received 7 Nov 202538, St Davids Way, Middlesbrough, TS5 7EY
Received 28 Oct 20253, Barker Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5EW
Received 14 Dec 202228, Moortown Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3JB
Received 16 May 202518, Britain Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 7AT
Received 19 Jul 202455-57, Borough Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3AA
Received 29 Apr 20267, AGRICOLA COTTAGES, Old Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0NW
Received 9 Jan 202314, Woodrow Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS7 8EZ
Received 30 Jan 202614A - 14D High Force Road, Middlesbrough, TS2 1RH
Received 10 Jun 2024Coris House, Coris Close, Middlesbrough, TS7 8SR
Received 19 Feb 20251 Northgate Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5NW
Received 19 Feb 2026Acklam Grange School , Lodore Grove, Middlesbrough, TS5 8PB
Received 29 Jul 2026Land at Ford Riding Centre, Nunthorpe
Received 29 Jan 2025Victoria Apartments, Park Road North, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS1 3NL
Received 4 Nov 20253, Sycamore Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6QX
Received 2 Oct 2025185 Park Road South, Middlesbrough, TS4 2RA
Received 15 May 2026282, Eagle Park, Middlesbrough, TS8 9QS
Received 10 Jun 2024Church Halls, Kings Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 6NH
Received 17 Jul 202575, Cradley Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 8HE
Received 23 Apr 2023438, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6HW
Received 30 Jun 202631 Cambridge Avenue Marton Middlesbrough TS7 8EH
Received 30 Sept 2021118, Victoria Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3HY
Received 12 Dec 202520 Cedar Drive Middlesbrough TS8 9BY
Received 15 Apr 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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