Belmont planning approval rate
Belmont ward in County Durham has a 89.9% approval rate based on 69 planning decisions. County Durham overall: 95.0%.
Last updated: April 2026
89.9%
ward approval rate
69
Decisions
62
Approved
7
Refused
95.0%
County Durham average
Belmont is 5.1 percentage points below the County Durham average, placing it among the stricter wards in County Durham. Checking what gets approved nearby before applying is particularly important here.
How Belmont compares
Belmont ward
89.9%
County Durham overall
95.0%
Planning in County Durham? Check your postcode to see approval rates specific to your ward and street.
Recent decisions in Belmont
Change of use from 1No 3 bedroom dwellinghouse to 2No 2 bedroom flats with singl · Tue 03 Mar 2026
New side access and single story rear extension · Wed 18 Feb 2026
Change of use from warehouse (Use Class B8) to manufacturing / warehousing (Use · Fri 30 Jan 2026
First floor extension to side of house · Thu 29 Jan 2026
The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the re · Mon 26 Jan 2026
What gets approved near your property?
In County Durham, 1 in 20 applications are refused. Your PlanningLens Pro Report gives you 17 pages of intelligence specific to your property:
✓ Ward-level approval rates for your exact area
✓ Common refusal reasons in County Durham
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Get County Durham Pro Report — £79
✓ Common refusal reasons in County Durham
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 14,377 decisions.
Other wards in County Durham
Elvet And Gilesgate (Historic) (93.4%)
Barnard Castle West (Historic) (97.3%)
Weardale (Historic) (95.7%)
Barnard Castle East (Historic) (96.7%)
Neville's Cross (Historic) (92.2%)
Sedgefield (Historic) (97.3%)
Lanchester (Historic) (93.1%)
Belmont (Historic) (96.7%)
Evenwood (Historic) (93.7%)
Coxhoe (Historic) (95.0%)
Leadgate And Medomsley (Historic) (93.7%)
Framwellgate And Newton Hall (Historic) (97.3%)