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Land To The South East Of 20 Front Street Witton Gilbert DH7 6TQ
Erection of 3no two storey detached dwellings
Ratho Villa Leazes Villas Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6HW
Removal of one Damson tree removal and pruning to a height of 3 metres to one Yew tree - Section 211 notice
31 Dale Road Barnard Castle DL12 8LQ
Proposed two storey extension to existing dwelling house
Londonderry Works George Street Industrial Estate Seaham SR7 7SL
Prior Notification for demolition of existing industrial buildings and associated structures.
79 Iveston Lane Iveston DH8 7TB
T1- Ash- Reduce over extended lime to the south by 2-3m to reduce sail and weight. Light crown lift to 3m and remove deadwood. - Section 211 notice
15 Sovereign Close Consett DH8 7FN
Erection of garden room within rear garden, to be erected on the existing concrete slab.
High Green Farm Binchester Bishop Auckland DL14 8AU
Change of use and conversion of redundant former stable building into 1no. two-bedroom holiday cottage.
Lismore Whorlton Barnard Castle DL12 8XA
1 - Reduce Cedar by 2 - 3 metres, thin out dense areas of the tree including branches facing south which are unbalancing the tree. T2- Reduce False Acacia by 2 - 3 metres including branches overhangin
44 Chestnut Avenue Spennymoor DL16 7SP
Two storey side extension including loft conversion, hip to gable extension, rear dormer window and single storey rear extension
Units 9, 10 And 10A Bishop Auckland Trade Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9TT
Units 9, 10 and 10A at Abraham Retail Park are proposed to be demolished.
44 The Croft Sherburn Hill Durham DH6 1QL
Installation of freestanding air source heat pump to rear elevation
Sugar Hill Primary School Sheraton Road Newton Aycliffe DL5 5NU
Demolition of existing brick/steel railing perimeter wall, erection of new 1200mm high, bow top fencing, single leaf and double lead pedestrian/double leaf vehicular access gates. Fence posts to be at
The Station Station Terrace Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QA
T1 Goat Willow - Fell due to subsidence - Section 211 notice
27 Medomsley Road Consett DH8 5HE
External alterations comprising the conversion of an existing window on the front elevation and an existing window on the rear elevation into entrance doorways in white uPVC to match the existing, and
East Hope Farm Barningham Richmond DL11 7DZ
Conversion of farm building to form annex ancillary to the host dwelling including alterations to fenestration
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When Durham County Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Durham County Council, raw rate
21.3%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
27.6%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
6.3 percentage points below expected. Durham County Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
621 appeals counted, 591 judged either way (126 allowed, 465 dismissed), 30 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 402 | 397 | 95 | 23.9% | 28.8% |
| Enforcement Notice | 79 | 73 | 4 | 5.5% | 13.5% |
| Householder (HAS) | 75 | 74 | 19 | 25.7% | 35.6% |
| Tree Preservation Order | 12 | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | 20.6% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 9 | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | 36.9% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 33.3% |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25% | 25% |
| Common Land | 7 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | 7 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| High Hedges | 4 | 4 | 0 | Too few judged | 28.5% |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 3 | 3 | 0 | Too few judged | 8.1% |
| Environmental | 3 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| Advertisement Appeal | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 36% |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Too few judged | 27.6% |
| Hedgerow | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 17% |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14A | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Durham County Council collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.
Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.
Durham County Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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You can also browse the council's own planning register on the official Durham County Council planning portal.
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