39 Church Street Seaham SR7 7EJ
Approved on 24 May 2018
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from A2 bookmakers to C4 micro pub
- Received
- 5 April 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Dawdon
- Agent
- Rilau Building Consultants
- ReceivedReceived5 Apr
- ValidatedValidated11 Apr
- Consult.Consultation10 May
- TargetTarget Date6 Jun
- DecidedDecided24 May
Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 39 Church Street Seaham SR7 7EJ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 619 applications in total for the SR7 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- SR7 7EJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Seaham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 April 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 16 May 2018
- Consultation start
- 19 April 2018
- Consultation end
- 10 May 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 April 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 May 2018
- Last date for comments
- 16 May 2018
- Target decision date
- 6 June 2018
- Permission expires
- 24 May 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Rilau Building Consultants
- Agent address
- 17 Gillpark Grove Seaton Carew Hartlepool TS25 1DT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 April 2018
- Site notice end
- 16 May 2018
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20189 Nov
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) and 4 (sound insulation) pursuant to DM/18/01626/FPA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/18/00440 - 201817 Oct
1 No Fascia Sign
ApprovedAdvertisement consentDM/18/03182/AD - 201831 May
Installation of new shop front and 2 no. flats above shop with a dormer extension to the rear.
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/18/01626/FPA
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