5 Bournemouth Drive Seaham SR7 8HB
Approved on 1 May 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredHouseholder (No Objection)3 conditions
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Proposal
Proposed second-storey side extension
- Received
- 16 March 2026
- Decision level
- Householder (No Objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Dalton And Dawdon
- Agent
- Box Architectural Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived16 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation2 May
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided1 May
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a side extension at 5 Bournemouth Drive Seaham SR7 8HB. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 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 8HB
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dalton-le-Dale
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 29 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 22 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 1 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Box Architectural Services Ltd
- Architect profile
- BOX ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 6 St Phillips Close Auckland Park Bishop Auckland Durham DL14 8BD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 1 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 22 April 2026
Additional information
- 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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