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Land To The East Of Stockton Road Seaham SR7 0PB

DM/25/00287/FPAFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full

Proposal

Construction and operation of a solar park together with associated equipment, infrastructure and ancillary works (Cross boundary site with Sunderland City Council)

Received
3 February 2025
Decision due
27 May 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Seaham
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Aug
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 5 August.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land To The East Of Stockton Road Seaham SR7 0PB. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 February 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Seaham. 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 0PB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2025
Consultation expiry
5 August 2025
Consultation start
15 July 2025
Consultation end
5 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 March 2025
Last date for comments
8 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 March 2025
Advertisement expiry
3 April 2025
Site notice start
18 March 2025
Site notice end
8 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13494258
Documents
202

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: County Durham
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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