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5 Blandford Place Seaham SR7 7EL

DM/23/02278/DRCDetails Reserved by ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 October 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to discharge conditions 5 (Roof lights), 6 (windows), and 7 (shopfront) pursuant of planning permission DM/21/03289/FPA

Received
31 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dawdon (Historic)
Agent
Nova Castria Design Ltd
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.30 Aug
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 5 Blandford Place Seaham SR7 7EL. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 619 applications in total for the SR7 postcode area.

100% of conditions 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 7EL
Application type
Details Reserved by Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2023
Consultation expiry
30 August 2023
Consultation start
9 August 2023
Consultation end
30 August 2023
Target decision date
4 October 2023
Decision issued
3 October 2023
Permission expires
3 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nova Castria Design Ltd
Architect profile
NOVA CASTRIA DESIGN LTD
Agent address
23 Shibdon Bank Blaydon-on-Tyne NE21 5AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    31 Jul

    Application to discharge conditions 5 (Roof lights), 6 (windows), and 7 (shopfront) pursuant of planning…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/23/02278/DRC
  2. 2021
    21 Sep

    Demolition of rear single-storey structure and erection of two-storey rear extension to facilitate extension…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart ofDM/21/03289/FPA

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