Elemore Golf Club Elemore Golf Course Lorne Street Easington Lane Houghton-le-Spring DH5 0QT
Approved on 6 February 2024
Planning committee
Proposal
Variation of planning conditions 1 (Plans), to swap positions of miniature railway and overflow car park, 4 (Remediation), 5 (Verification), 7 (CEMP) ,11 (Arboricultural method statement), 15 (Lighting strategy), 20 (Materials) and 21 (Travel Plan); and removal of conditions 3 (Ground investigation) and 10 (E-CEMP), attached to planning permission 22/01673/HY3 (Change of use of Former Elmore Golf Course to a Heritage and Eco Park with associated infrastructure).
- Received
- 1 December 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Hetton
- Agent
- Fairhurst Group LLP
- ReceivedReceived1 Dec
- ValidatedValidated6 Dec
- Consult.Consultation27 Dec
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Elemore Golf Club Elemore Golf Course Lorne Street Easington Lane Houghton-le-Spring DH5 0QT. Sunderland has handled 632 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Hetton. We hold 99 applications in total for the DH5 postcode area.
81% of conditions 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
- DH5 0QT
- Application type
- Variation of Condition (Reg 3)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hetton Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 4 January 2024
- Consultation start
- 6 December 2023
- Consultation end
- 27 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 4 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 9 February 2024
- Committee meeting
- 5 February 2024
- Permission expires
- 6 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Fairhurst Group LLP
- Agent address
- Mr Dominic Waugh 1 Arngrove Court Barrack Rd Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 6DB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 65 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 December 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 January 2024
- Site notice start
- 14 December 2023
- Site notice end
- 4 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12647108
- Documents
- 24
- Constraints
- 27
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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