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Land South Of The Philadelphia Complex Philadelphia Houghton-le-Spring DH4 4UG

23/01653/OUTOutline ApplicationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline Planning Permission for the construction of up to 215 no. residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and associated access arrangements (all other matters reserved).

Received
21 July 2023
Decision due
14 March 2025
Public comments
11
Ward
Copt Hill
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 6 December.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (115)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land South Of The Philadelphia Complex Philadelphia Houghton-le-Spring DH4 4UG. Sunderland has handled 141 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 July 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Copt Hill. We hold 167 applications in total for the DH4 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
DH4 4UG
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
215

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2023
Consultation expiry
6 December 2024
Consultation start
15 November 2024
Consultation end
6 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
25 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 September 2023
Last date for comments
27 September 2023
Committee meeting
27 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Neil Morton The Lumen St James' Boulevard Newcastle Helix Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne And Wear NE4 5BZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
570 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
26 September 2023
Site notice start
6 September 2023
Site notice end
27 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12193905
Documents
115
Constraints
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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

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.

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