Garage Plot Adj. 10 Laurel Avenue Seaham

5/PLAN/2008/0669Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 12 December 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Detached garage(retrospective)

Received: 13 November 2008
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council

ReceivedReceived13 Nov
ValidatedValidated13 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date8 Jan
DecidedDecided12 Dec

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Garage Plot Adj. 10 Laurel Avenue Seaham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. 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: 13 November 2008
Consultation start: 18 November 2008
Neighbour consultation start: 18 November 2008
Target decision date: 8 January 2009
Committee meeting: 19 December 2008
Decision issued: 16 December 2008
Permission expires: 15 December 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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