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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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54, Hall Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 7ET
Received 11 Sept 2026Hillside, Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough , TS8 9DY
Received 29 Jul 202659, The Greenway, Middlesbrough, TS3 9NQ
Received 10 Jul 2026Land Adjacent to 74, Ash Hill, Middlesbrough, TS8 0SX
Received 22 Aug 2024LAND AT LOW GRANGE FARM SOUTH BANK
Received 25 Jun 2025Laycock Park, TS1 4SN
Received 12 Mar 2026Land Adjacent to Oakfield House, Normanby Road, Middlesbrough
Received 23 Sept 202532 Shandon Park, Middlesbrough, TS8 9XS
Received 6 May 2026Land off Cropton Way, Coulby Newham, Mid
Received 15 Sept 20256, Strait Lane, Middlesbrough, TS8 9BB
Received 15 Jan 2025374, Dorman House, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS6 5BT
Received 16 May 20252, Snowdon Road & 5-7 Snowdon Road, Middlesbrough, TS2 1LP
Received 1 Dec 20256, Meldyke Lane, Middlesbrough, TS8 9AZ
Received 3 Feb 20259, Newlyn Green, Middlesbrough, TS3 0DU
Received 13 Jan 20261, Gough Close, Middlesbrough, TS1 5NF
Received 22 Aug 2024Land North Of 4 Fleck Way, Teesside Industrial Estate, Thornaby
Received 1 May 202622 A, Cornfield Road, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS5 5QL
Received 20 May 202645, The Greenway, Middlesbrough, TS3 9NQ
Received 12 Feb 202626, Glaisdale Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 7PF
Received 12 Jun 20252, Westerby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8TD
Received 3 Feb 202653, The Pastures, Middlesbrough, TS8 0UJ
Received 24 Sept 2025Land to the South East of Thorndyke Avenue
Received 6 Aug 2025St Marys Cathedral, Dalby Way, Middlesbrough, TS8 0TW
Received 22 Jul 2026206, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2ER
Received 20 Jan 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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