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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645 approved · 158 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Coulby Newham Ambulance Service, Ridgeway, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough
Received 2 Mar 2026234, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 8AA
Received 4 Feb 202622, Upton Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 3NE
Received 3 Feb 2025KFC, Heath Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 6AT
Received 24 Jul 202530/31, Brewsdale Road, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough
Received 22 Dec 2025124, Roworth Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 9PJ
Received 11 Jan 202329, Westray, Middlesbrough, TS8 9XX
Received 23 Mar 202624, Low Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 8EA
Received 25 Mar 20257, Collingham Drive, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS7 0GB
Received 14 Apr 202524, Harrow Road, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS5 5NX
Received 31 Oct 2025Wilton Engineering Services Limited, Port Clarence Offshore Base, Port Clarence Road
Received 1 May 202526, Cherryfield Drive, Middlesbrough, TS5 5QG
Received 15 May 2026Land, At Warelands Way, Middlesbrough, TS4 2JY
Received 8 Sept 202621, Upton Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 3NE
Received 16 Jun 2025Avenue Methodist Church, 25 The Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 6PE
Received 5 Jan 2026390, Newport Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4BT
Received 26 Nov 202441, The Grove, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AF
Received 4 Mar 20252, Hemlington Grange Way, Middlesbrough, TS8 9FX
Received 20 Jun 2024Grey Towers - Phase 6, Land off Dixons Bank, Middlesborough, TS7 0PW
Received 18 Feb 202514, Carlbury Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8SE
Received 9 Jan 2025109, Essex Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 4PT
Received 5 Feb 2025Land West Of Exwold Technology Limited , Haverton Hill Road, Billingham
Received 27 Mar 2025Land outside, Stephenson Building, Borough Road, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, TS1 2HJ
Received 18 Sept 2026Parfetts Cash & Carry, Cargo Fleet Lane, Middlesbrough, TS3 8AL
Received 15 Apr 2024Records 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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