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Melbury House Care Home Mount Stewart Street Seaham Sr7 7ng

5/PL/2012/0044Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 2 April 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension on three levels to residential care home providing additional bedrooms and facilities

Received
7 February 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Agent
ROSS ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANTS
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Melbury House Care Home Mount Stewart Street Seaham Sr7 7ng. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 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 7NG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2012
Consultation start
19 March 2012
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2012
Target decision date
3 April 2012
Permission expires
2 April 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
ROSS ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANTS
Architect profile
ROSS ARCHITECTURAL LTD
Agent address
Mr W Ross 15 New Road Studio 15 Leet Street Coldstrean Berwickshire Td12 4bj

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, conservation areas, 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.

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