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16 Church Street Seaham Sr7 7hq

5/PL/2011/0157Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 4 July 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor from retail to 2 no. Residential flats

Received
19 April 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Agent
ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANTS
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated10 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 16 Church Street Seaham Sr7 7hq. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaham conservation area. 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 7HQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 May 2011
Consultation expiry
29 June 2011
Neighbour consultation start
23 May 2011
Target decision date
5 July 2011
Committee meeting
22 June 2011
Permission expires
3 July 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANTS
Agent address
Mr C Newson 3 Acklam Road Middlesbrough Ts5 5he

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 June 2011
Advertisement expiry
29 June 2011
Site notice start
26 May 2011
Site notice end
16 June 2011

Additional information

Documents
8

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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