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46 - 47 Church Street Seaham SR7 7HF

DM/23/01174/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 22 November 2023

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Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of first floor storage (B8) to office accommodation (E), alterations to openings, install garage door and application of render to rear and replacement shop front (Revised Description)

Received
25 April 2023
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Dawdon (Historic)
Agent
Fitz Architects Limited
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 162 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 46 - 47 Church Street Seaham SR7 7HF. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 211 days, 22 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 7HF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2023
Consultation expiry
29 September 2023
Consultation start
15 September 2023
Consultation end
29 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 September 2023
Last date for comments
14 September 2023
Target decision date
8 August 2023
Permission expires
22 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fitz Architects Limited
Architect profile
FITZ ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
6 Pier Point Sunderland SR6 0PP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
14 September 2023
Site notice start
28 June 2023
Site notice end
19 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12115270
Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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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    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) to amend shopfront including installation of security gates and 1no…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/24/02639/VOC
  2. 2023
    25 Apr

    Conversion of first floor storage (B8) to office accommodation (E), alterations to openings, install garage…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/23/01174/FPA

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