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Alley to the rear of Linden Grove, Middlesbrough, TS5 5NE
Installation of 2no. alley gates
5, Astbury, Middlesbrough, TS8 9XT
Conversion of double garage to habitable room and single garage including external alterations to include single garage door, and window, and removal of door
19, Strait Lane, Middlesbrough, TS8 9BB
Erection of veranda and solar panels to rear
Land at Junction of Borough Road and Marton Road, Middlesborough, TS4 2BN
Discharge of conditions 13 (Method of works statement) and 25 (Bio-diversity gain plan) on planning application 25/0241/FUL
2, Poplars Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6RL
Crown reduction of 40-50% to 1no. Ash, removal low hanging branches to 1no. Laburnum
Blue Bell Hotel, Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 7HL
Installation of 2no. gates to rear yard
9, Urlay Grove, Middlesbrough, TS5 8LB
Single storey extension to rear (Length 4m, Height 3.45m, Eaves 2.5m)
41, Eastbourne Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6QN
Retrospective erection of single storey extension to rear (for use as storage associated with the existing hot food takeaway)
90, Westminster Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6NP
Single storey extension to rear (Length 6m, Height 3m, eaves 2.8m)
Land off Cargo Fleet Lane, Former Fleet House and Thorntree House sites
Discharge of condition 9 (Noise Assessment compliance) on planning application 24/0214/MAJ
Thistle Hill, Coulby Manor Way, Middlesbrough, TS8 0RP
Single storey extension to rear, replacement of existing roof with raised level and roof pitch, including dormers to front and roof lights to front and rear, and installation of hardstanding and site
Land to the South of 38 Applegarth,, Middlesbrough, TS8 0UY
Erection of 1no. detached self build dwelling with associated access and landscaping
31, Westwood Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 5PX
Single storey extension to rear
37, Beaumont Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 6NN
Installation of new shop front and separate access to first floor flat to allow independent use.
4, Stainton House, Marwood Wynd, Middlesbrough, TS8 9AD
Reconfiguration of rear garden landscaping to form three tiered levels
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When Middlesbrough 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.
Middlesbrough Council, raw rate
25.8%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
30.8%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
5 percentage points below expected. Middlesbrough Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
257 appeals counted, 248 judged either way (64 allowed, 184 dismissed), 9 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-08 to 2026-05.
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 | 108 | 106 | 29 | 27.4% | 28.8% |
| Householder (HAS) | 103 | 101 | 30 | 29.7% | 35.6% |
| Enforcement Notice | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0% | 13.5% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | 33.3% |
| Advertisement Appeal | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | 36% |
| Tree Preservation Order | 3 | 3 | 1 | Too few judged | 20.6% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 1 | 1 | 1 | Too few judged | 36.9% |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | 25% |
“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.
Middlesbrough 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.
Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough Council planning portal.
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