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Former Dewhirst Factory Pennywell Industrial Estate Sunderland SR4 9EP

18/01844/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 1 October 2019

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a mixed use building for internal and external display, sale and storage of building supplies (including kitchens and bathrooms) to visiting members of the public and the trade, with associated car parking and servicing arrangements (Use Class: Sui Generis)

Received
17 October 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
St Annes
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 349 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Dewhirst Factory Pennywell Industrial Estate Sunderland SR4 9EP. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 349 days, 43 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in the Middleton conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across St Annes. We hold 384 applications in total for the SR4 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
SR4 9EP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2018
Consultation expiry
6 June 2019
Consultation start
16 May 2019
Consultation end
6 June 2019
Neighbour consultation start
26 October 2018
Neighbour consultation end
16 November 2018
Last date for comments
13 December 2018
Target decision date
4 October 2019
Committee meeting
30 September 2019
Permission expires
1 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miss Katherine Simpson The St Nicholas Building St Nicholas Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1RF

Planning decision

Statutory period
352 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 November 2018
Advertisement expiry
24 November 2018
Site notice start
22 November 2018
Site notice end
13 December 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07307786
Documents
77
Constraints
8

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.

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