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The Coal House 39 Church Street Seaham SR7 7EJ

DRC/18/00440Details Reserved by ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 February 2019

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) and 4 (sound insulation) pursuant to DM/18/01626/FPA for change of use to A4 and dwelling over with external alterations

Received
9 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dawdon
  1. Received9 Nov
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Coal House 39 Church Street Seaham SR7 7EJ. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Seaham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 619 applications in total for the SR7 postcode area.

100% of conditions 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 7EJ
Application type
Details Reserved by Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seaham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2018
Consultation expiry
12 February 2019
Consultation start
19 December 2018
Consultation end
12 February 2019
Target decision date
11 February 2019
Permission expires
8 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seaham
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Seaham
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    9 Nov

    Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) and 4 (sound insulation) pursuant to DM/18/01626/FPA

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/18/00440
  2. 2018
    31 May

    Installation of new shop front and 2 no. flats above shop with a dormer extension to the rear.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart ofDM/18/01626/FPA

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