Unit 12 Byron Place Shopping Centre South Crescent Seaham SR7 7DR
Approved on 1 May 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track2 conditions
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Proposal
Alteration of existing retail unit to install new entrance and external alterations to install new trolley shelters
- Received
- 5 March 2026
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Seaham
- Agent
- DMW Consulting Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation10 Apr
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided1 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Unit 12 Byron Place Shopping Centre South Crescent Seaham SR7 7DR. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7DR
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Seaham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 15 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 15 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 1 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DMW Consulting Ltd
- Architect profile
- DMW CONSULTING LTD
- Agent address
- 24 Churchfield Road Upton St Leonards Gloucester GL4 8AU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 15 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14755362
- Documents
- 9
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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