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Sunniside Leigh Cleadon Site of Former Oakleigh Gardens School Oakleigh Gardens Cleadon SR6 7PT

ST/0046/13/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 August 2013

Council decision: Grant Permission with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Demolition of former school buildings for proposed residential development comprising the construction of 16no. detached dwellings with associated landscaping and highway works.

Received
11 January 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cleadon and East Boldon
  1. Received11 Jan
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Aug

Decided in 158 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Sunniside Leigh Cleadon Site of Former Oakleigh Gardens School Oakleigh Gardens Cleadon SR6 7PT. South Tyneside has handled 2,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 224 days, 24 weeks longer than South Tyneside's typical decision time. The site is in the Cleadon Hills conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Cleadon and East Boldon. We hold 319 applications in total for the SR6 postcode area.

97% of full applications at South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SR6 7PT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Residential New Development
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
16

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2013
Consultation expiry
23 May 2013
Consultation end
23 May 2013
Last date for comments
17 April 2013
Committee meeting
20 May 2013
Application expires
12 June 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 March 2013

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Cleadon Hills
  • Green belt: South Tyneside
  • SSSI: Cleadon Hill SSSIPart of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Cleadon HillsNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: South Tyneside

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