Former Houghton Colliery Newbottle Street Houghton-le-Spring
Approved on 9 August 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed non material amendment to planning application 20/01591/FU4 to reduce the width of the footpath along the western boundary of the site, relocate the proposed substation to the east of the service road, and reduce the two lane access into the petrol filling station to one lane (with a layby introduced next to the recycling centre).
- Received
- 12 July 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Houghton
- ReceivedReceived12 Jul
- ValidatedValidated12 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Aug
- DecidedDecided9 Aug
Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Former Houghton Colliery Newbottle Street Houghton-le-Spring. Sunderland has handled 79 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sunderland's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Houghton.
90% of amendment 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
- Non Material Amendment to Full Permisson
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 July 2023
- Target decision date
- 9 August 2023
- Permission expires
- 9 August 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Lichfields St Nicholas Building St Nicholas Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1RF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202626 Jan
Discharge of condition 14 (Verification report (remediation)) attached to planning application 20/01591/FU4
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00181/DIS - 202426 Jun
Discharge of condition 14 (Verification report (remediation) attached to planning application 20/01591/FU4
PendingDischarge of conditions24/01302/DIS
Source: Sunderland
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