25 Ellesmere Drive Seaham SR7 8DS

1. 7 Aug 2025

   Received by County Durham

2. 18 Aug 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 13 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   County Durham took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided full applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 29 Wycliffe Road Seaham SR7 8HP

  DM/26/01989/FPA Submitted 29 Jul 2026 350 yards away

  94% historically approved · decision due ~24 Sep

  Single storey rear dining room extension. Single storey side kitchen extension with pitched roof over existing flat roofed off shoot.

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 2 Winslow Crescent Seaham SR7 8JU

  DM/25/03370/HPN Submitted 2 Dec 2025 350 yards away

  Single storey rear extension

  Granted Prior approval Extension 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 16 Warkworth Crescent Seaham SR7 8JT

  DM/23/00091/FPA Submitted 16 Jan 2023 400 yards away

  Garage conversion, single storey rear extension and juliet balcony to front elevation of first floor side extension.

  Granted Full applications Extension 7 docs
  Small domestic

• Westlea Primary School Winslow Crescent Seaham SR7 8JU

  DM/25/02863/PN56 Submitted 10 Oct 2025 0.3 miles away

  Prior Approval for the installation of solar panels on the roofs of Westlea Primary School, Seaham.

  Granted Prior approval 13 docs

• 4 Walton Avenue Seaham SR7 8EZ

  DM/25/03513/FPA Submitted 17 Dec 2025 0.3 miles away

  Replacement and extension of existing side/rear outbuilding to provide accessible bedroom and shower room

  Granted Full applications Extension 7 docs

• 5 Walton Avenue Seaham SR7 8EZ

  DM/24/01671/FPA Submitted 20 Jun 2024 0.3 miles away

  Single storey side and rear wrap around extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 14 docs
  Small domestic

• DM/26/01157/FPA Granted

  24 Birkdale Gardens Belmont Durham DH1 2UJ

  First floor side extension

  Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01154/FPA Granted

  2 Mill Court Bournmoor Houghton-le-spring DH4 6DJ

  Two-storey side and rear extensions with decking

  Received 7 May, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01805/FPA Granted

  Park Avenue Press Dundas Street Spennymoor DL16 6AR

  Re-cladding and rendering of existing commercial frontage.

  Received 7 Jul, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01719/FPA Granted

  78 Gilesgate Durham DH1 1HY

  Replacement of defective timber windows and timber lintels repair of external stucco ashlar render to front elevation

  Received 3 Jul, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/01650/FPA Granted

  Vane Tempest Hall Maynards Row Gilesgate DH1 1QF

  Proposed 2no. external condenser units to be mounted on rooftop on new unistrut frame on existing steel beams. Proposed 2no. internal 7kW air con evaporator units to be installed on equipment room wall.

  Received 26 Jun, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Full applications