Lloyds Pharmacy And Post Office 35C The Galleries Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7SB
Approved on 5 July 2016
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use from vacant retail unit (A1) to betting shop (sui generis).
- Received
- 3 May 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Washington Central
- ReceivedReceived3 May
- ValidatedValidated10 May
- Consult.Consultation1 Jun
- TargetTarget Date5 Jul
- DecidedDecided5 Jul
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lloyds Pharmacy And Post Office 35C The Galleries Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7SB. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington Central. We hold 227 applications in total for the NE38 postcode area.
92% of full 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
- NE38 7SB
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 May 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 15 June 2016
- Consultation start
- 11 May 2016
- Consultation end
- 1 June 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 July 2016
- Last date for comments
- 15 June 2016
- Target decision date
- 5 July 2016
- Permission expires
- 5 July 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- ID Planning Atlas House 31 King Street Leeds LS1 2HL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 May 2016
- Site notice end
- 15 June 2016
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
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.
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: Sunderland
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