73 Church Street Seaham SR7 7HE
Approved on 27 July 2020
Fast Track with SPD
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Proposal
Change of use of first and second floor levels to air B&B, change of use of part ground floor storage into pizza takeaway, re-design shopfront including awning, replace all windows, improve the condition of the exterior brickwork and render to the side and rear, create a rear access staircase within rear yard area to first floor level, and create cellar within rear yard area.
- Received
- 10 March 2020
- Decision level
- Fast Track with SPD
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Dawdon (Historic)
- Agent
- Napper Architects
- ReceivedReceived10 Mar
- ValidatedValidated21 Apr
- Consult.Consultation17 Jul
- TargetTarget Date16 Jun
- DecidedDecided27 Jul
Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 73 Church Street Seaham SR7 7HE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 12 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaham conservation area. 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 7HE
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Seaham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 April 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 17 July 2020
- Consultation start
- 3 July 2020
- Consultation end
- 17 July 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 April 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 May 2020
- Last date for comments
- 17 July 2020
- Target decision date
- 16 June 2020
- Permission expires
- 27 July 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Napper Architects
- Architect profile
- NAPPER ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 3 Waterloo Square Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4DR United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 30 April 2020
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 May 2020
- Site notice start
- 5 May 2020
- Site notice end
- 26 May 2020
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08574472
- Documents
- 36
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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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