Land North And West Of Washington Leisure Centre Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7SS

23/01839/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 30 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of drive thru', EV charging hub, tyre and autocare centre, car wash and Class E (a), (e) and (g), Commercial, Business and Service unit, with car parking and landscaping to vacant sites

Received: 21 August 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 5
Council: Sunderland City Council
Ward: Washington Central
Agent: Bradley Stankler Planning

ReceivedReceived21 Aug
ValidatedValidated21 Aug
Consult.Consultation1 Jan
TargetTarget Date31 Jan
DecidedDecided30 Jan

Decided in 162 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North And West Of Washington Leisure Centre Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7SS. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 16 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington Central. We hold 227 applications in total for the NE38 postcode area.

92% of full 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: NE38 7SS
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 August 2023
Consultation expiry: 1 January 2024
Consultation start: 11 December 2023
Consultation end: 1 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 4 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 25 September 2023
Last date for comments: 27 September 2023
Target decision date: 31 January 2024
Permission expires: 30 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Bradley Stankler Planning
Agent address: Hilltop Grange Court Leeds LS17 7TX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 163 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 6 September 2023
Site notice end: 27 September 2023

Appeal history

3345545

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 September 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12305175
Documents: 71
Constraints: 12

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.

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