Washington Town Centre Library Independence Square Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7RZ
Approved on 1 February 2022
Planning committee
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Proposal
Replacement of 1.2 m high concrete railings and metal hand rail to the parapet walls of the building with 1.2 metre high metal stud wall, finished with cement smooth cladding which will extend to cover the render panelling below the parapet wall. Also replacement of existing metal windows overlooking the library roof with double glazed metal windows.
- Received
- 22 November 2021
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Washington Central
- ReceivedReceived22 Nov
- ValidatedValidated9 Dec
- Consult.Consultation31 Dec
- TargetTarget Date3 Feb
- DecidedDecided1 Feb
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application for window replacement at Washington Town Centre Library Independence Square Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7RZ. Sunderland has handled 74 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington Central. We hold 227 applications in total for the NE38 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
- NE38 7RZ
- Application type
- Local Authority (Reg 3 )
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 December 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 29 January 2022
- Consultation start
- 10 December 2021
- Consultation end
- 31 December 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 December 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 January 2022
- Last date for comments
- 29 January 2022
- Target decision date
- 3 February 2022
- Committee meeting
- 1 February 2022
- Permission expires
- 1 February 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Richard Lilley Civic Centre Sunderland SR2 7DN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 8 January 2022
- Site notice end
- 29 January 2022
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Sunderland
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