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Dismissed12 May 20266004545

17 Seaside Lane, Easington Colliery, Peterlee, SR8 3PF

Planning appeal 6004545 at 17 Seaside Lane, Easington Colliery, Peterlee, SR8 3PF (Durham County Council) was dismissed on 12 May 2026 by Inspector Eggleton P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the Northumbria Coast Special Protection Area (SPA) and the Durham Coast Special Area of Conservation (SAC).

change of use of first floor and loft levels to three bedroom residential flat with new access doorways at ground floor level and replacement of existing timber shop front with aluminium shopfront at ground floor level

Authority
Durham County Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Eggleton P
Postcode
SR8 3PF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on the Northumbria Coast Special Protection Area (SPA) and the Durham Coast Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

What decided it

The failure to provide a legally compliant and enforceable unilateral undertaking to secure the required Coastal Mitigation Payment, which is necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms and mitigate effects on the designated sites.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 42 of the County Durham Plan 2020Policy 25 of the County Durham Plan 2020

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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