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24 Church Street Seaham Sr7 7hq

5/PLAN/2007/0472Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Proposal

Change of use from retail to residential unit for addiction rehabilation including rear extensions

Received
6 July 2007
Decided
25 September 2007 · Refused
Decision level
Planning committee
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Durham95% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 24 Church Street Seaham Sr7 7hq. Durham has handled 11,059 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Durham's median. The site is in the Seaham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 618 applications in total for the SR7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
5/PLAN/2007/0472
Address
24 Church Street Seaham Sr7 7hq
Postcode
SR7 7HQ
Local Authority
Durham
Application Type
Full Planning Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided
Parish
Seaham

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
6 July 2007
Consultation Expiry
15 August 2007
Target Decision Date
31 August 2007
Date Decided
25 September 2007
Date Validated
6 July 2007
Date Submitted
6 July 2007
Consultation Start
22 August 2007
Neighbour Consultation Start
23 July 2007
Committee Meeting
25 September 2007
Decision Published
27 September 2007
Permission Expires
25 September 2007

Planning Decision

Decision
Refused
Decided By
Committee Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
21 July 2007
Advertisement Expiry
11 August 2007
Site Notice Start
25 July 2007
Site Notice End
15 August 2007

Appeal

Appeal Status
Appeal decided
Appeal Result
Appeal Allowed

Additional Information

Documents
29
Coordinates
54.836796, -1.334027
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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Planning constraints

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.

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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