Planning permission in Darlington
Darlington Borough Council decides planning applications in Darlington. This page shows the protected areas that affect what homeowners can build without planning permission, and the planning data Darlington publishes.
Conservation areas
Darlington has 17 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.
- Bishopton
- Coatham Mundeville
- Cockerton Village
- Darlington Town Centre
- Denton
- Haughton-le-Skerne
- Heighington
- High Coniscliffe
- Hurworth
- Middleton One Row
- Parkgate
- Piercebridge
- Sadberge
- Stockton & Darlington Railway: Northgate
- Summerhouse
- Victoria Embankment
- West End
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Article 4 directions
Darlington hasn't published any Article 4 boundaries on planning.data.gov.uk. Most councils have at least one Article 4 direction, often in conservation areas, so check the council's website or ask its planning team before relying on permitted development.
What is an Article 4 direction?
National parks, National Landscapes and green belt
There are no national parks, National Landscapes, World Heritage Sites or green belt in or bordering Darlington.
Listed buildings and protected trees
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Darlington doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.
Darlington doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.
What Darlington publishes
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 17 |
| Article 4 direction boundaries | Not published | 0 |
| Listed building outlines | Not published | 0 |
| Tree preservation order areas | Not published | 0 |
| Protected trees | Not published | 0 |
Planning work on a home in Darlington? Put a pin on your house and we'll check it against all of this.
Start a checkData from planning.data.gov.uk, published by Darlington Borough Council and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. Darlington Borough Council website.