Spectrum 7 Spectrum Business Park Seaham SR7 7TT
Approved on 18 June 2025
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track
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Proposal
Installation of 1no. back-up generator and associated enclosure treatment
- Received
- 28 April 2025
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Dalton And Dawdon
- Agent
- Hedley Planning Services
- ReceivedReceived28 Apr
- ValidatedValidated29 Apr
- Consult.Consultation3 Jun
- TargetTarget Date24 Jun
- DecidedDecided18 Jun
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Spectrum 7 Spectrum Business Park Seaham SR7 7TT. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Dalton And Dawdon. 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 7TT
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Seaham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 June 2025
- Consultation start
- 13 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 3 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 18 June 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hedley Planning Services
- Agent address
- Floor 3 Maybrook House Grainger Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 5JE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 5 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13970352
- Documents
- 12
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.
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