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21a Church Street Seaham

5/PLAN/2008/0255Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 19 June 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from first floor residential flat to retail of fancy dress and manufacture of soft furnishings

Received
10 April 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 21a Church Street Seaham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 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.

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
10 April 2008
Consultation expiry
13 June 2008
Consultation start
25 April 2008
Neighbour consultation start
25 April 2008
Target decision date
5 June 2008
Committee meeting
30 May 2008
Permission expires
18 June 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 May 2008
Advertisement expiry
26 May 2008
Site notice start
23 May 2008
Site notice end
13 June 2008

Additional information

Documents
5

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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