Planning application
Ground Floor West Wing Spectrum 5 Spectrum Business Park Seaham SR7 7TT
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construction of new extract chimneys, support gantry framework and external plant area to the existing research and development building and the relocation of existing refuse storage within the site.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/01108/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/01108/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Validated
- 10 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Dalton And Dawdon
- Parish
- Seaham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SR7 7TT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 May 2026
Received by County Durham
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10 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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15 Sep 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending Consideration.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 August 2026, 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
DRK Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Shipley
Active · incorporated 2009 · Shipley
37 applications on PlanIndex · across 21 councils · 86% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
31 documents on file for this application
- SITE NOTICE
- HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- BNG METRIC
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- NOISE ASSESSMENT
- HABITAT REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT (STAGE 1: SCREENING)
- DRAFT ELECTRICAL SMALL POWER CONTAINMENT SECOND FLOOR LAYOUT
- DRAFT ELECTRICAL LIGHTING ZONES SECOND FLOOR LAYOUT
- PROPOSED EXTERNAL PLANT COMPOUND MECHANICAL LAYOUT
- DRAFT MECHANICAL VENTILATION SERVICES SECOND FLOOR LAYOUT
- PROPOSED FUME VENTILATION SCHEMATIC
- DRAFT PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES SECOND FLOOR LAYOUT
- PLANT SCHEDULE
- AHU DESIGN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
- FUMAIR REVISED QUOTATION DETAILS
- FUMAIR BUDGET QUOTATION DETAILS
- BNG PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN 1:1250
- EXISTING & PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXTERNAL GROUNDWORKS
- EXTERNAL PLANT AREA CLADDING
- WHOLE BUILDING GIA & EXTERNAL GROUND, FIRST AND 2ND FLOORS
- COVERING LETTER INCLUDING SUPPORTING INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSED WORKS
- VARIOUS VIEWS OF BUILDING
- DISPERSION MODELLING ASSESSMENT
- APPLICATION FORM (NO PERSONAL DATA)
- EXISTING EXTERNAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING & PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED EXTERNAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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