Planning application coverage

Durham County Council planning applications and history.

PlanWire tracks 140k planning records for Durham County Council, spanning 1 Jan 1990 to 7 Oct 2026. Search the underlying applications and source links through one monitored API.

Official planning register Evaluate this council's API data

Live near Durham County Council? Get planning alerts for Durham County Council and get an email when an application is submitted close to your postcode. Building a product instead? The same records are available through the API.

Records tracked

140k

History begins

1 Jan 1990

Latest dated app

yesterday

Source checked

today

Latest cached dated application: 7 Oct 2026. Use API date filters for exact recent counts.

Recent application preview

Recent records held for Durham County Council

5 dated application examples. Ordered by the later received or validated date, not a construction start. Source records may change. Preview retrieved .

For developers and integration teams

Use Durham County Council planning data in your software

Request source-linked JSON using the council ID durham. Inspect dates, missing fields and source links before relying on the results. A free key provides a limited preview; access and limits depend on your plan.

curl 'https://api.planwire.io/v1/applications?council=durham&limit=5' \
  -H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY'

Query this register through the UK planning API. See application search examples or evaluate coverage, freshness and data fields. For a commercial territory test, use Supplier Territory Evaluation. Planning activity is not evidence that construction has started or materials have been ordered.

Local record profile

Durham County Council is a high-volume local planning history, with 140k records tracked. The public record spans 1990 to 2026, so the page is useful for recent monitoring as well as historic checks around sites and addresses.

Authority context

Durham County Council is a county-level planning authority in this coverage set, where monitored records help teams follow wider-area planning activity through one API shape.

Recent activity pattern

Durham County Council has a cached latest dated application of yesterday. Use API date filters for exact recent counts when sizing local monitoring or alerting workflows.

Monitoring fit

Durham County Council has cached latest-date coverage in this public summary. API users can combine council filters, date filters and freshness metadata for exact operational checks.

Freshness status

Fresh in last 7 days

Latest dated application is yesterday.

Completeness signal

No open source caveat

Latest checked, latest dated application and API source metadata are published with the council record. Document metadata is exposed where the source supplies it.

Machine-readable access

Use GET /v1/councils for coverage metadata and GET /v1/applications?council_id=durham for application records with an API key.