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Marlborough Car Park Seaham

5/PL/2011/0084Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 5 May 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension to car park and environmental improvements

Received
7 March 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received7 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Marlborough Car Park Seaham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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
11 March 2011
Consultation expiry
5 May 2011
Neighbour consultation start
14 March 2011
Target decision date
6 May 2011
Committee meeting
16 April 2011
Permission expires
4 May 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL
Agent address
Miss Libby Mahoney Seaside Lane Easington Sr8 3tn

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 April 2011
Advertisement expiry
5 May 2011
Site notice start
15 March 2011
Site notice end
5 April 2011

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SeahamNext to the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: SeahamNext to 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 (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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