The Council holds a range of information that relates to land and the environment. This information is held by a number of different Council teams and you will need to make contact with the Team who hold the information. Details of who holds that information and how they can be contacted is set out below.
Please ensure when requesting information that you:
- set out clearly what information you want.
- include a site plan with the boundary marked in red
- It would be helpful to quote both the Con29 question and reference number.
Local land charges register
Information about obligations or charges relating to land and property that are enforceable against current and subsequent owners of land is available from looking at the local land charges register. This information is not normally available from looking at title deeds or from inspecting the land itself.
The Council longer provide a local land charges search service. From 26th March 2026 you will be able to access a new digital service through HM Land Registry's Portal [opens in new window], Business Gateway and on HM Land Registry’s page GOV.UK [opens in new window].
Darlington Borough Council will continue to provide replies to Con29/Con29O enquiries, customer responses and maintenance of the Register.
Planning information
Information relating to the planning history and other planning related information (such as whether a property is in a conservation area, community infrastructure levy, sustainable urban drainage systems, legal notices, s106 that have been served) can be obtained from the Planning team at [email protected] or via our Public Access website [opens in new window]
The team will respond to email requests for information and can also make the information available to be seen in person at the Town Hall by prior arrangement. Please email to arrange an appointment.
Conservation information
Information about Assets of community value
Information about Listed buildings. The list is maintained by Historic England [External Link - opens in new window]
Information about Conservation areas
Information about Smoke Control areas.
Building control
Information about building approval applications, decision date, completion certificates, legal notices that have been served and whether there have been any proceedings for breach of building control can be obtained from building control at [email protected] or some information is available via our Public Access website - Building control search [opens in new window]
There is also an online enquiry form [online form, opens in new window].
Environmental health
Information about contaminated land, flood and coastal erosion, flood defence and land drainage consents, health and safety and legal notices that have been served on a property can be obtained by contacting the Environmental Health team via the e-form below.
Request a personal search
Highways
Information about whether roads or footpaths have been adopted (maintained at public expense), details about road and traffic schemes and legal notices that have been served can be obtained by emailing [email protected]
The council have a map for you to view the adopted highways in Darlington.
Housing conditions
Information about housing such as whether houses in multiple occupation are licensed are subject to enforcement notices or whether any land and legal notices have been served on a property can obtained from Private Sector housing team.
There is an online Private Sector Housing contact form [opens in new window].
Rights of Way
Information about rights of way can be obtained by personally visiting the Rights of Way team based at 17 Allington Way, Darlington, DL1 4QB. Please email the department to arrange an appointment at [email protected].
The council have information and maps available on the Rights of Way webpage.
Compulsory Purchase Orders
Information about Compulsory Purchase Orders can be obtained by emailing the team at [email protected].
Charges and response times
There are no charges for providing access to any of the above information and staff will seek to respond to enquiries as soon as they reasonably can. You are requested to seek to be reasonable in the nature and scope and nature of the enquiries made and appreciate that more detailed and volume based enquiries will take longer to respond to. Response time will also depend on the demands of other work being dealt with by the relevant staff.
