County Durham planning applications
County Durham
PlanPulse tracks planning applications submitted to County Durham in County Durham. We read the council’s planning portal and normalise it into a single, consistent dashboard — so you can search, monitor and act on applications without checking the portal by hand.
County Durham planning at a glance
- Applications tracked
- 30
- Approved
- 13
- Refused
- 0
- Commonest types
- Trees · Full planning · Conditions and details
- Median time to decision
- 4 weeks
Based on the 30 County Durhamapplications PlanPulse currently holds, not the council’s full register.
Planning applications tracked in County Durham
19 Alexandra Close Framwellgate Moor Durham DH1 5ED
DM/26/02428/CPO
Application for Lawful Development Certificate for conversion of existing garage into habitable space with increase in height of flat roof
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 11 Sept 20267 Kensington Bishop Auckland DL14 6HX
DM/26/02355/DRC
Discharge of condition 4 (management plan) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/02917/FPA
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 7 Sept 202620 Woodward Road Spennymoor DL16 7US
DM/26/02305/FPA
Conversion of detached garage to garden room with installation of roof lights
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 2 Sept 2026The Pump House Cottage Houghall Farm Lane Houghall Durham DH1 3PJ
DM/26/02298/TCA
Oak (T2) - crown lift to 4.5m, Ash (T5) - crown lift to 4m, Birch (T7) - crown lift to 3.5m, Larch (T8) - prune back crown by 3m, Birch x2 and Beech (T10) - felling and removal
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 1 Sept 2026Howarth House Shop Low Row Easington Village Peterlee SR8 3AU
DM/26/02280/AD
Advertising shop name sign and 3D LED logo
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 28 Aug 2026Howarth House Shop Low Row Easington Village Peterlee SR8 3AU
DM/26/02279/FPA
Retrospective installation of electric roller shutters
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 28 Aug 2026Cell R7 Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX
DM/26/02161/DRC
Discharge of conditions 5 (engineering details), 6 (open space maintenance) and 7 (landscape phasing) pursuant to DM/22/00511/RM (as amended by DM/26/01949/NMA)
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 18 Aug 2026Lambton Park Development Site At Former County Show Ground Chester Road Bournmoor DH3 4DX
DM/26/02152/NMA
Non-Material Amendment to condition 1 (approved plans) pursuant to DM/21/00216/RM (as amended by DM/23/01775/NMA) comprising amendments to approved plans list
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 17 Aug 202618 Hawthorne Close Langley Park Durham DH7 9FD
DM/26/02139/TPO
T17. Ash - crown lift to 3.5m - TPO - DER-203
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 14 Aug 20264 Russell Close Brancepeth Durham DH7 8DJ
DM/26/02140/TCA
Section 211 notice for the following tree works: 4 Russell Close, Brancepeth, Co Durham, DH7 8DJ 1. Plum - crown reduce/reshape by 2-3m. 2. Plum - remove the limb closest to the adjacent garden back to the main stem and…
DecidedSubmitted 14 Aug 202612 St Charles Road Tudhoe Village Spennymoor DL16 6JY
DM/26/02128/TCA
Crown reduction and reshaping: T1 Walnut 3.5m, T2 Pine tree 2m
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 13 Aug 20267 Waterside Court Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2LU
DM/26/02127/TCA
Felling of one Horse Chestnut tree - Section 211 notice
DecidedSubmitted 13 Aug 202611 Nevilledale Terrace Durham DH1 4QG
DM/26/02081/TCA
T1. Plum - crown reduce and reshape by 1.5m T2. Rowan - crown reduce and reshape by 0.5m
DecidedSubmitted 7 Aug 2026Durham School Quarryheads Lane Durham DH1 4SZ
DM/26/02033/TCA
T1. Cherry - crown lift to 3.5m, prune back to the edge of the boundary wall (approx. 2m) and removal of limb that overhangs adjacent Laurel
DecidedSubmitted 4 Aug 2026Blackgate Lodge Blackgate West Coxhoe Durham DH6 4AJ
DM/26/02014/FPA
Retention of boundary wall
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 3 Aug 2026Newtown House Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2PG
DM/26/02016/DRC
Discharge of Condition 6 (Broadband Connection) pursuant to planning permission DM/23/03550/FPA
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 3 Aug 2026Caselaw Gilesgate Durham DH1 1JA
DM/26/02017/TCA
1. Copper Beech - crown lift to 3m, trimming small diameter branches only2. Ash - crown reduce/reshape by 3-4m and remove the epicormic growth from the main stem to a height of 5m(amended proposal)
DecidedSubmitted 3 Aug 202610 Crossgate Peth Durham DH1 4PZ
DM/26/02015/TCA
T1 - Rowan - Fell tree in a state of advanced decline as close to ground level as practical
DecidedSubmitted 3 Aug 2026Morningside House Morningside Court Chester-le-Street DH3 3HQ
DM/26/02013/TCA
3no trees - fell as close to ground level as practical and removal
DecidedSubmitted 3 Aug 20267 Lyndhurst Drive Crossgate Moor Durham DH1 4AE
DM/26/01986/FPA
Erection of a single-storey rear extension connecting to the existing side extension, alterations to the existing single-storey rear extension including replacement of the existing flat roof with a pitched roof…
Pending ConsiderationSubmitted 30 Jul 2026
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