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33 Melbourne Place Sunderland SR4 8LN

20/02209/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 March 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing flat at first and second floor to office and storage.

Received
24 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Barnes
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated18 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 33 Melbourne Place Sunderland SR4 8LN. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 9 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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.

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 8LN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 January 2021
Consultation expiry
10 February 2021
Consultation start
20 January 2021
Consultation end
10 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start
20 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end
10 February 2021
Last date for comments
10 February 2021
Target decision date
15 March 2021
Permission expires
15 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
3

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

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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