Planning application
10A Church Street Seaham SR7 7HQ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective application for the change of use from Sui Generis (micro-pub/drinking establishment) to Class E (Commercial, Business and Service), together with retrospective alterations to the rear elevation and internal subdivision of the premises.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/02556/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/02556/FPA
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 23 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 24 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Seaham
- Parish
- Seaham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SR7 7HQ
Comment by 26 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to County Durham through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Sep 2026
Received by County Durham
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24 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 November 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 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- EXISTING INTERNAL PARTITION
- PROPOSED REAR ELEVATION
- PROPOSED INTERNAL PARTITION
- ISSUE SHEET
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED REAR OPENING
- INTERNAL DOORWAY
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- HERITAGE STATEMENT CHECKLIST
- EXISTING REAR ELEVATION
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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's median decision took 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on County Durham's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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