25 Ellesmere Drive Seaham SR7 8DS Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Front porch, two-storey side extension and rear sun-room Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 10 Oct 2025 · Householder (No Objection) · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Documents 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 13 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £36,000 in July 2019. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2019, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Durham
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- SR7 8DS
- Received
- 7 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 18 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Dalton And Dawdon
- Parish
- Seaham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 13 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Approved BNG Not Required
- Decision date
- 10 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Householder (No Objection)
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 18 Nov 2025 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3374907 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Simulations Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 95% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14238126
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14238126
- Neighbours
- 19 Aug 2025
- Consultation
- 19 Aug 2025
- Comments by
- 10 Sept 2025
- Site or press notice
- 20 Aug 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 13 Oct 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Durham ranks #190 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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