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Land At Former Cherry Knowle Hospital Burdon Lane/Stockton Road Ryhope Sunderland

16/01524/HYBHybrid Plan App Part FUL and part OUTApproved
Full

Approved on 26 June 2017

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Hybrid planning application seeking full planning permission for demolition of existing buildings and erection of 304no. dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) and associated infrastructure and outline planning permission (all matters reserved except access) to erect up to 496no. dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) including care village (up to 80no. bed spaces), up to 700sqm. of shops/services (Use Class A1 and/or A2 and/or A3 and/or A4 and/or A5) and associated landscaping and infrastructure

Received
3 August 2016
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
9
Ward
Ryhope
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated26 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target21 Oct
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 304 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land At Former Cherry Knowle Hospital Burdon Lane/Stockton Road Ryhope Sunderland. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 327 days, 40 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Ryhope.

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

Application type
Hybrid Plan App Part FUL and part OUT
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
304

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 August 2016
Consultation expiry
23 November 2016
Consultation start
2 November 2016
Consultation end
23 November 2016
Neighbour consultation start
5 September 2016
Neighbour consultation end
26 September 2016
Last date for comments
23 November 2016
Target decision date
21 October 2016
Committee meeting
6 June 2017
Permission expires
26 June 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 September 2016
Advertisement expiry
19 October 2016
Site notice start
1 November 2016
Site notice end
22 November 2016

Additional information

Documents
165
Constraints
457

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: SunderlandPart of the site
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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