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Rear Of Dykelands Road Car Park Dykelands Road Sunderland

23/02164/LP3Local Authority (Reg 3 )Approved

Approved on 6 February 2024

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Development of a new childrens play area to include a bridge, public walkways, landscaping, and several discrete play areas, along with the redevelopment of the existing play area to provide grassed open space.

Received
12 October 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
7
Ward
Fulwell
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 110 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Rear Of Dykelands Road Car Park Dykelands Road Sunderland. Sunderland has handled 74 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 10 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Fulwell.

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

Application type
Local Authority (Reg 3 )
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2023
Consultation expiry
2 January 2024
Consultation start
12 December 2023
Consultation end
2 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 November 2023
Last date for comments
15 November 2023
Target decision date
6 February 2024
Committee meeting
5 February 2024
Permission expires
6 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cundall
Agent address
Mr James Thomas 4th Floor, Partnership House Regent Farm Road Gosforth Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne And Wear NE3 3AF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
110 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 October 2023
Site notice end
15 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12448087
Documents
34
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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© 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.

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