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9 Clarence Street Seaham SR7 7SQ

DM/23/01182/FPAFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 3 July 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a single dwelling under Use Class C3 to a Use Class C2 residential care and living unit for children (under 18 years old) with associated staff members 24/7 on site.

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dawdon
Agent
Anton Lang Planning Services Ltd
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 9 Clarence Street Seaham SR7 7SQ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer 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 7SQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Consultation expiry
30 May 2023
Consultation start
9 May 2023
Consultation end
30 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
5 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 May 2023
Last date for comments
30 May 2023
Target decision date
22 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Anton Lang Planning Services Ltd
Agent address
Anton Lang Planning Services Ltd C/O Site Address 9 Clarence Street Seaham SR7 7SQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 May 2023
Site notice end
30 May 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
23/00029/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3327530
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 January 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12117795
Documents
66

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.

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 2026-11-03. 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.

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