1 Laurel Avenue Seaham SR7 8NP
Approved on 15 January 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredHouseholder (No Objection)
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Proposal
Enlargement of bedroom
- Received
- 25 November 2025
- Decision level
- Householder (No Objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Dalton And Dawdon
- Agent
- Simulations Ltd
- ReceivedReceived25 Nov
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Dec
- TargetTarget Date21 Jan
- DecidedDecided15 Jan
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 1 Laurel Avenue Seaham SR7 8NP. 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 8NP
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Seaham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 12 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 12 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 January 2026
- Decision issued
- 19 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Simulations Ltd
- Architect profile
- SIMULATIONS LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Old Forge Seaton Lane Seaham SR7 0LS United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 12 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14501058
- Documents
- 19
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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