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Land Off Former Parkside School Heathway Seaham

DM/17/01164/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 November 2017

Council decision: Approved subject to S106Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 116 dwellings including associated infrastructure and landscaping

Received
31 March 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Dawdon
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated3 Apr
  3. Consult.15 Jun
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 224 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land Off Former Parkside School Heathway Seaham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 227 days, 24 weeks longer 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
Large
Number of dwellings
116
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 April 2017
Consultation expiry
15 June 2017
Consultation start
8 June 2017
Consultation end
15 June 2017
Neighbour consultation start
6 April 2017
Neighbour consultation end
27 April 2017
Last date for comments
15 June 2017
Target decision date
3 July 2017
Permission expires
13 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Keepmoat Homes Merchant House 12 Merchant Court Monkton Business Park South Hebburn NE31 2EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 April 2017
Advertisement expiry
4 May 2017
Site notice start
12 April 2017
Site notice end
3 May 2017

Additional information

Documents
77

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.

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