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Ground Floor 29 - 30 Church Street Seaham SR7 7HQ

DM/19/01155/FPAFull Planning ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Change of use from shop (A1 use) to Child Play Centre (D1 use).

Received
8 April 2019
Decided
6 June 2019 · Approved
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Dawdon
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received8 Apr
  2. Validated11 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target6 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Durham95% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ground Floor 29 - 30 Church Street Seaham SR7 7HQ. Durham has handled 11,059 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 59 days, 4 days longer than Durham's median. The site is in the Seaham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 618 applications in total for the SR7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
DM/19/01155/FPA
Address
Ground Floor 29 - 30 Church Street Seaham SR7 7HQ
Postcode
SR7 7HQ
Local Authority
Durham
Application Type
Full Planning Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Dawdon
Parish
Seaham

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
8 April 2019
Consultation Expiry
16 May 2019
Target Decision Date
6 June 2019
Date Decided
6 June 2019
Date Validated
11 April 2019
Date Submitted
8 April 2019
Consultation Start
24 April 2019
Consultation End
15 May 2019
Neighbour Consultation Start
15 April 2019
Neighbour Consultation End
6 May 2019
Last Date for Comments
16 May 2019
Permission Expires
6 June 2022

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Decided By
Fast Track
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
25 April 2019
Advertisement Expiry
16 May 2019
Site Notice Start
25 April 2019
Site Notice End
16 May 2019

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07757138
Documents
17
Coordinates
54.836807, -1.334509
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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Planning constraints

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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