Contacts and Useful LInks

Useful Local Authority Websites

Adjoining Unitary Authorities

• Sunderland City Council
• Gateshead Council
• Darlington Borough Council
• Hartlepool Borough Council
• Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Adjoining Strategic Planning Authorities/Units

• Cumbria County Council
• Tees Valley JSU
• North Yorkshire County Council
• Northumberland County Council

Useful Planning Websites

• Planning Portal
• Link to other Online Planning Offices in the UK
• Royal Town Planning Institute
• Planning Resource
• Planning Inspectorate
• Parsol (electronic planning)
• North East Assembly
• One NorthEast
• Government Office for the North East
• Planning Aid

Useful Minerals Websites

• British Geological Society
• Quarry Products Association
• Geological Society
• Coal Authority

Useful Environmental Websites

• Environment Agency
• Countryside Agency
• Highways Agency
• Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
• English Nature
• English Heritage
• Durham Wildlife Trust
• Friends of the Earth
• County Durham Environmental Trust
• Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• Forestry Commission
• Sport England
• National Farmers' Union
• National Trust
• Greenpeace
• Great North Forest
• The Composting Association

How to Contact Us

Planning Policy
Telephone: 0191 383 4114
Email: Planning Policy

Planning Development Control
Telephone: 0191 3835698
Email: Development Control