Specsavers Unit 10b Byron Place Shopping Centre South Crescent Seaham SR7 7DR
Approved on 20 May 2024
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Proposal
Replacement internally illuminated fascia and projecting signage
- Received
- 22 March 2024
- Decision level
- Advertisement
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Dawdon (Historic)
- Agent
- Fisch Design
- ReceivedReceived22 Mar
- ValidatedValidated25 Mar
- Consult.Consultation1 May
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided20 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Specsavers Unit 10b Byron Place Shopping Centre South Crescent Seaham SR7 7DR. Durham has handled 487 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 619 applications in total for the SR7 postcode area.
97% of advertising 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 7DR
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Seaham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 3 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 10 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 May 2024
- Last date for comments
- 3 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 20 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Fisch Design
- Agent address
- Fisch Design Ltd Unit 1 Heritage Business Centre Derby Road Belper DE56 1SW United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 April 2024
- Site notice end
- 3 May 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12916419
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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Source: Durham
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