1 Marlow Drive Sunderland SR3 2RW
Approved on 21 September 2023
Planning committee
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Proposal
Change of use from dwelling (Use Class C3) to Children Home (Use Class C2)
- Received
- 9 June 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 8
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Doxford
- Agent
- Hedley Planning
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated14 Jun
- Consult.Consultation5 Jul
- TargetTarget Date29 Sep
- DecidedDecided21 Sep
Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 1 Marlow Drive Sunderland SR3 2RW. Sunderland has handled 74 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 8 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Doxford. We hold 338 applications in total for the SR3 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
- SR3 2RW
- Application type
- Local Authority (Reg 3 )
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 19 July 2023
- Consultation start
- 14 June 2023
- Consultation end
- 5 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 19 July 2023
- Target decision date
- 29 September 2023
- Committee meeting
- 18 September 2023
- Permission expires
- 21 September 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hedley Planning
- Agent address
- Miss Mollie Cubbin Unit 3 Hexham Enterprise Hub Burn Lane Hexham NE46 3HY United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 107 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 28 June 2023
- Site notice end
- 19 July 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12138369
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
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.
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