Thirnswood 54 Woodville Crescent Sunderland SR4 8QG

20/01926/EFQEnforcement require Planning AdviceApproved

Approved on 20 April 2021

Council decision: ResponseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Ongoing erection of large outbuildings and alleged preparation for use as a garden centre/nursery

Received: 15 October 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sunderland City Council
Ward: Barnes

ReceivedReceived15 Oct
ValidatedValidated15 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date4 Nov
DecidedDecided20 Apr

Decided in 187 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Thirnswood 54 Woodville Crescent Sunderland SR4 8QG. Sunderland has handled 74 applications of this type. This one was decided in 187 days, 20 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Barnes. We hold 384 applications in total for the SR4 postcode area.

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

Postcode: SR4 8QG
Application type: Enforcement require Planning Advice
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 October 2020
Target decision date: 4 November 2020
Permission expires: 20 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 20 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 0
Constraints: 1

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.

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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.

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Source: Sunderland

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