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Land At Queen Alexandra Road/Melbury Street Seaham

5/PL/2009/0523Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 January 2010

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension of time limit for implementation of planning permission ref: PLAN/2006/0891 for single dwellinghouse

Received
7 December 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Agent
TANGRAM ARCHITECTS
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated7 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Feb
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land At Queen Alexandra Road/Melbury Street Seaham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

95% of full applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 December 2009
Consultation expiry
5 January 2010
Neighbour consultation start
14 December 2009
Target decision date
1 February 2010
Committee meeting
22 January 2010
Permission expires
26 January 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
TANGRAM ARCHITECTS
Agent address
Mr D Whitehead 32 The Leather Market Weston Street London Se1 3ex

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 December 2009
Site notice end
5 January 2010

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

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, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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