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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Unit 2, MB COURT, South Bank Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8AN
Received 13 Mar 20267, Cambridge Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS7 8EH
Received 6 Oct 202578, 1, INWOOD LODGE, The Grove, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS7 8AP
Received 22 Jul 2026UNIT 3 & 4 Ferrous Road, Middlesbrough, TS2 1DJ
Received 28 Jan 2026Land at Newham Hall, Coulby Newham
Received 30 Mar 2026Land at Dockside Road, Middlesbrough, Middlehaven, TS3 6AU
Received 18 Feb 2025ESTON SHOPPING PRECINCT HIGH STREET ESTON
Received 10 Apr 2025266, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 8AA
Received 10 Apr 202522, Eastbourne Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6QW
Received 14 Jan 202584, Westminster Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6NP
Received 6 Mar 202659, Blairgowrie, Marton, Middlesbrough, TS8 9XU
Received 21 May 2025Nunthorpe Hall Farm, Old Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0NP
Received 4 Sept 2025Former St Davids School site, Hall Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 7EU
Received 3 Jul 2026390 Newport Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4BT
Received 26 Jun 202529, Kader Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8NG
Received 28 Jul 202649 Lambourne Drive, Middlesbrough, TS7 8QF
Received 8 Apr 202439, Hambledon Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5EE
Received 28 Sept 2026220-222, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3QW
Received 14 May 202666, Gypsy Lane, Middlesbrough, TS7 8NG
Received 17 Feb 2026Former Milford House, Portland House, No
Received 6 Jan 2025BRAMBLES ACADEMY, Kedward Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS3 9DB
Received 13 Nov 2025111, Oxford Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5EA
Received 5 Nov 202526, Knaresborough Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS7 8LN
Received 27 Feb 202660, Staindrop Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 8NX
Received 24 Nov 2021Records 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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