St Johns Square Seaham
Proposal
Demolition of clinic and magistrates court and erection of new primary care centre, A1 retail pharmacy and associated external works
- Received
- 26 March 2009
- Decided
- 23 June 2009 · Approved
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived26 Mar
- ValidatedValidated26 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date21 May
- DecidedDecided23 Jun
Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for demolition at St Johns Square Seaham. Durham has handled 11,059 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Durham's median. There have been 4 other applications at this address.
Application Details
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201330 Jul
Construction of car park & associated works
ApprovedFull Planning Application5/PL/2013/0302 - 201226 Mar
Discharge of conditions nos 2 & 3 attached to planning permission PL/5/2009/0137
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/CD/2012/0009 - 200929 May
Sub station (resubmission)
ApprovedFull Planning Application5/PL/2009/0227 - 20097 May
Sub-Station
WithdrawnFull Planning Application5/PL/2009/0184
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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