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Land To West Of Laburnum Crescent Seaham

DM/17/01554/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 November 2017

Council decision: Approved subject to S106Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 48 affordable dwellings (30 houses and 18 bungalows) with associated works including highway widening.

Received
9 May 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Dawdon
  1. Received9 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target22 Aug
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 175 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land To West Of Laburnum Crescent Seaham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications 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
48
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2017
Consultation expiry
24 August 2017
Consultation start
10 August 2017
Consultation end
24 August 2017
Neighbour consultation start
10 August 2017
Neighbour consultation end
24 August 2017
Last date for comments
24 August 2017
Target decision date
22 August 2017
Permission expires
14 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acanthus ADA
Agent address
Acanthus Darbyshire Architects 8 Hawthorn Road Gosforth Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 4DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 June 2017
Advertisement expiry
22 June 2017
Site notice start
26 May 2017
Site notice end
16 June 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06047479
Documents
64

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.

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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