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1 Paton Square Sunderland SR3 1QW

14/01342/PCJPrior Notification Class B1a to C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 July 2014

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval for change of use from Offices B1(a) to Dwellings (C3). (1 dwellinghouse)

Received
3 June 2014
Ward
Silksworth
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Jul
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 1 Paton Square Sunderland SR3 1QW. Sunderland has handled 141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Silksworth. We hold 339 applications in total for the SR3 postcode area.

96% of outline 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
SR3 1QW
Application type
Prior Notification Class B1a to C3
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2014
Consultation expiry
2 July 2014
Neighbour consultation start
11 June 2014
Neighbour consultation end
2 July 2014
Last date for comments
2 July 2014
Target decision date
4 August 2014
Permission expires
23 July 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Liam Brown 3 Apollo Court Koppers Way Monkton Business Park South Hebburn Tyne And Wear NE31 2ES

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Sunderland

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