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Old Office Buildings Springwell Quarry Springwell Road Gateshead Springwell

23/01655/DEMNotice of DemolitionApproved

Approved on 18 August 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Approved DEMDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of two single storey, flat roofed, office buildings.

Received
21 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Washington West
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Old Office Buildings Springwell Quarry Springwell Road Gateshead Springwell. Sunderland has handled 74 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington West. We hold 1,347 applications in total for the NE9 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
NE9 7PS
Application type
Notice of Demolition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2023
Consultation expiry
16 August 2023
Consultation start
26 July 2023
Consultation end
16 August 2023
Target decision date
18 August 2023
Permission expires
18 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Katie Wood 1 Meadowfield Court Meadowfield Ind. Est. Ponteland Newcastle Upon Tyne NE20 9SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12287435
Documents
13
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: Sunderland

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