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20 Bowes Avenue Seaham SR7 8JY

DM/26/01726/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 September 2026

Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single-storey side extension

Received
6 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dalton And Dawdon
Agent
Artisan Architecture
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided8 Sep

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 20 Bowes Avenue Seaham SR7 8JY. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer 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 8JY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dalton-le-Dale

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026
Consultation expiry
30 July 2026
Consultation start
9 July 2026
Consultation end
2 September 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 July 2026
Last date for comments
30 July 2026
Target decision date
11 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Artisan Architecture
Architect profile
ARTISAN ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
South Shields Business Works Henry Robson Way Station Road South Shields NE33 1RF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15034907
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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