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70 Church Street Seaham SR7 7HE

DM/22/00802/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 August 2022

Fast Track

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Shopfront with canopy, replace first floor Upvc with timber windows, remove render and repoint brickwork or render to front

Received
18 March 2022
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Dawdon (Historic)
Agent
Napper Architects
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Jun
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 141 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 70 Church Street Seaham SR7 7HE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaham conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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
28 March 2022
Consultation expiry
21 June 2022
Consultation start
7 June 2022
Consultation end
21 June 2022
Neighbour consultation start
7 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
21 June 2022
Last date for comments
21 June 2022
Target decision date
23 May 2022
Decision issued
17 August 2022
Permission expires
17 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Napper Architects
Architect profile
NAPPER ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
3 Waterloo Square Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4DR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 April 2022
Advertisement expiry
28 April 2022
Site notice start
13 April 2022
Site notice end
4 May 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11121553
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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 2026-11-03. 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Durham

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