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Derwent House Washington Town Centre Washington

22/02607/PCGPrior Notification Class G E to C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 January 2023

Council decision: Approval PCGDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use of ground, first and second floors offices to 24 apartments (Use Class C3).

Received
29 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Washington Central
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target24 Jan
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Derwent House Washington Town Centre Washington. Sunderland has handled 141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington Central.

96% of outline 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
Prior Notification Class G E to C3
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
24

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2022
Consultation expiry
26 December 2022
Consultation start
5 December 2022
Consultation end
26 December 2022
Neighbour consultation start
2 December 2022
Neighbour consultation end
23 December 2022
Last date for comments
26 December 2022
Target decision date
24 January 2023
Permission expires
24 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Mark Ellis Calls Wharf 2 The Calls Leeds LS2 7JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 December 2022
Site notice end
26 December 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11721027
Documents
15
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Derwent House, Washington Town CentreRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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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.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    15 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 7 (Cycle Parking) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01395/DIS
  2. 2026
    15 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 14 (Bat and Bird Boxes) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01397/DIS
  3. 2026
    15 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Vehicle Parking) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01309/DIS
  4. 2026
    15 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 8 (Bin Stores) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01396/DIS
  5. 2025
    3 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 11 (Verification) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/02255/DIS
  6. 2025
    3 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 14 ( Bat and bird boxes) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL

    RefusedDischarge of conditions25/02257/DIS

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