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Ground Floor West Wing Spectrum 5 Spectrum Business Park Seaham SR7 7TT

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/26/01108/FPA Full Planning Application

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

  1. 1 May 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 10 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 15 Sep 2026

    Status changed to Pending Decision

    Previously Pending Consideration.

  5. 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 55 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

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

31 documents on file for this application

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What 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 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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