Derwent House Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7SR

17/00087/PCJPrior Notification Class B1a to C3Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 March 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from office (B1a) to residential (C3).

Received: 13 January 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sunderland City Council
Ward: Washington Central

ReceivedReceived13 Jan
ValidatedValidated13 Jan
Consult.Consultation8 Feb
TargetTarget Date10 Mar
DecidedDecided9 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Derwent House Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7SR. Sunderland has handled 141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days 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.

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: NE38 7SR
Application type: Prior Notification Class B1a to C3
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 January 2017
Consultation expiry: 17 February 2017
Consultation start: 18 January 2017
Consultation end: 8 February 2017
Last date for comments: 17 February 2017
Target decision date: 10 March 2017
Permission expires: 9 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: ELG Planning Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington County Durham DL3 7EH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 27 January 2017
Site notice end: 17 February 2017

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 13
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Derwent House, Washington Town CentreRegister site at or near this address
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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Source: Sunderland

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