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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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80, The Birches, Middlesbrough, TS8 0UB
Received 2 Feb 2026Land adjacent to Montpellier Manor Care Home, Strait Lane, Middlesbrough, Stainton, TS8 9FH
Received 24 Jul 2026Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation, Southlands, Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8RE
Received 17 Aug 20265, The Village, Stokesley Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 8BD
Received 3 Mar 20257, Greta Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 5QF
Received 6 Oct 2025Nunthorpe Grange, A1043, Middlesbrough, TS7 0NG
Received 18 Aug 2025111, Cambridge Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 5HF
Received 15 May 202421, Clifton Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4BY
Received 26 Feb 20268, St Marys Walk, Middlesbrough, TS5 7RZ
Received 1 Jun 2026Ravenscroft Avenue Middlesbrough TS5 7QL
Received 7 Jan 20251 Village Green View, Middlesbrough, TS7 0RR
Received 19 Dec 2025Cleared site known as Grove Hill. Bound
Received 14 May 20262, Whenby Nook, Middlesbrough, TS7 0BD
Received 22 Jul 202612, The Grove, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AA
Received 24 Dec 2025Goods Yard at Price Buster Warehouse, Lloyd Street, Middlesbrough, TS2 1DL
Received 9 Sept 202524, Clarence Road, Middlesbrough, TS7 0DA
Received 23 May 202516 , St Anthonys Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8PF
Received 26 Jan 2026GLASTONBURY HOUSE, PARK END, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS3 0LF
Received 21 Jan 202548, Enfield Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4EH
Received 17 Apr 202521 , Chesterfield Drive, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS8 9ZE
Received 8 Jul 2024Land South of Borough Road, Gresham, Middlesbrough
Received 5 Feb 20258, Parkside, Middlesbrough, TS3 0BP
Received 11 Sept 2025GREY TOWERS HALL, Wyke Lane, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS7 0GD
Received 22 Nov 202114 , Woodrow Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS7 8EZ
Received 7 Oct 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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