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Land Rear Of 1-5 Finchale Biddick Washington

20/00599/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 15 June 2020

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of open space to private gardens with associated boundary enclosures.

Received
14 April 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Washington Central
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated20 Apr
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land Rear Of 1-5 Finchale Biddick Washington. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington Central.

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
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 April 2020
Consultation expiry
4 June 2020
Consultation start
14 May 2020
Consultation end
4 June 2020
Neighbour consultation start
22 April 2020
Neighbour consultation end
13 May 2020
Last date for comments
4 June 2020
Target decision date
15 June 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 April 2020
Site notice end
14 May 2020

Appeal history

3258132
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 March 2021Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08631906
Documents
15
Constraints
5

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.

Source: Sunderland

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