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Sunderland Crematorium Chester Road Sunderland

19/02000/LP3Local Authority (Reg 3 )Approved

Approved on 3 March 2020

Planning committee

Proposal

To install a temporary cremator and hoarding at Sunderland Crematorium to increase operational resilience (Amended plan received on 19.12.19 (amended description 20.12.19)

Received
21 November 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Pallion
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 98 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Sunderland Crematorium Chester Road Sunderland. Sunderland has handled 74 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 8 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address.

89% of all 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
Local Authority (Reg 3 )
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2019
Consultation expiry
13 January 2021
Consultation start
3 December 2019
Consultation end
24 December 2019
Neighbour consultation start
3 December 2019
Neighbour consultation end
24 December 2019
Last date for comments
13 January 2021
Target decision date
21 January 2020
Committee meeting
2 March 2020
Permission expires
3 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 December 2020
Site notice end
13 January 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08302330
Documents
13
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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