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38/38a Church Street Seaham Sr7 7ej

5/PL/2011/0039Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 March 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rear extension, new shop front and installation of atm machine

Received
25 January 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated25 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 38/38a Church Street Seaham Sr7 7ej. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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 7EJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 January 2011
Consultation expiry
22 February 2011
Neighbour consultation start
27 January 2011
Target decision date
22 March 2011
Committee meeting
2 March 2011
Permission expires
15 March 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 February 2011
Advertisement expiry
22 February 2011
Site notice start
1 February 2011
Site notice end
22 February 2011

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seaham
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Seaham
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2012
    24 Jul

    Advertising collar to atm machine

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent5/PL/2012/0296

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