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Unit 3 Byron Place Shopping Centre South Crescent Seaham Sr7 7dr

5/PL/2010/0041Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 March 2010

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from retail (A1 use) to restaurant/cafe and hot food takeaway (classes A3 & A5)

Received
8 February 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Agent
BROWN SMITH BAKER ARCHITECTS
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated8 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Apr
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 3 Byron Place Shopping Centre South Crescent Seaham Sr7 7dr. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 619 applications in total for the SR7 postcode area.

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

Postcode
SR7 7DR
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 February 2010
Consultation expiry
9 March 2010
Consultation start
10 February 2010
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2010
Target decision date
5 April 2010
Committee meeting
19 March 2010
Permission expires
17 March 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
BROWN SMITH BAKER ARCHITECTS
Agent address
Mr R Pauling 34 St. Paul'S Street Leeds Ls1 2qb

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 February 2010
Site notice end
9 March 2010

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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