9 Clarence Street Seaham SR7 7SQ
Refused on 16 May 2024
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
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Proposal
Certificate of proposed lawful use: Use of the property for the care of a single person occupier aged 18 or under with staff in attendance throughout the day (usually no more than one staff at any time) therefore retaining a C3 use.
- Received
- 16 February 2024
- Decision level
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Dawdon (Historic)
- Agent
- Anton Lang Planning Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived16 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Feb
- Consult.Consultation28 Feb
- TargetTarget Date12 Apr
- DecidedDecided16 May
Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at 9 Clarence Street Seaham SR7 7SQ. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks 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.
89% of outline 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
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Seaham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 February 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 28 February 2024
- Consultation start
- 27 February 2024
- Consultation end
- 28 February 2024
- Target decision date
- 12 April 2024
- Decision issued
- 17 May 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Anton Lang Planning Services Ltd
- Agent address
- C/O 9 Clarence Street Seaham SR7 7SQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12812529
- Documents
- 7
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.
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20258 Dec
Change of use to a proposed Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered residential care provision house for…
PendingFull Planning ApplicationDM/25/03414/FPA - 202326 Apr
Change of use from a single dwelling under Use Class C3 to a Use Class C2 residential care and living unit…
RefusedFull Planning ApplicationDM/23/01182/FPA
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