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Washington Town Centre Library Independence Square Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7RZ

24/00482/LP3Local Authority (Reg 3 )Approved

Approved on 3 July 2024

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of 1.2 m high concrete railings and metal hand rail to the parapet walls of the building with 1.2 metre high metal stud wall, finished with cement smooth cladding which will extend to cover the render panelling below the parapet wall. Also replacement of existing metal windows overlooking the library roof with double glazed metal windows. Full rear elevation of the Connexions building to be clad in Cedral smooth cladding with additional small section of cladding installed between the windows of the first floor and the lower ground floor.

Received
12 March 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Washington Central
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 106 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for window replacement at Washington Town Centre Library Independence Square Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7RZ. Sunderland has handled 74 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 9 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
NE38 7RZ
Application type
Local Authority (Reg 3 )
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2024
Consultation expiry
27 April 2024
Consultation start
20 March 2024
Consultation end
10 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
10 April 2024
Last date for comments
27 April 2024
Target decision date
5 July 2024
Committee meeting
1 July 2024
Permission expires
3 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sunderland City Council
Agent address
Mr Richard Lilley City Hall Plater Way Sunderland SR1 3AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
108 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 April 2024
Site notice end
27 April 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12883963
Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
6

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.

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