Eppleton Colliery Downs Pit Lane Houghton-Le-Spring Tyne And Wear DH5 9NL

02/01686/VARVariation of ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 September 2003

Proposal

Variation of condition no. 40 of application ref. 99/00791/LEG to allow blasting in order to fragment limestone reserves in the quarry.

Received: 16 August 2002
Council: Sunderland City Council
Ward: Eppleton

ReceivedReceived16 Aug
ValidatedValidated16 Aug
Consult.Consultation13 Mar
TargetTarget Date11 Oct
DecidedDecided24 Sep

Decided in 404 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Eppleton Colliery Downs Pit Lane Houghton-Le-Spring Tyne And Wear DH5 9NL. Sunderland has handled 632 applications of this type. This one was decided in 404 days, 51 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 99 applications in total for the DH5 postcode area.

81% of conditions applications at Sunderland City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: DH5 9NL
Application type: Variation of Condition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 August 2002
Consultation expiry: 13 March 2003
Consultation start: 22 August 2002
Neighbour consultation start: 20 February 2003
Neighbour consultation end: 13 March 2003
Target decision date: 11 October 2002
Committee meeting: 3 April 2003
Permission expires: 24 September 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address: C/o Mr M. Dowson Statforth Hill House Windlestone Rushyford Co. Durham

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 1
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local 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.

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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.

Source: Sunderland

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