Biddick Academy Biddick Lane Fatfield Washington NE38 8AL
Approved on 16 July 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of former caretakers bungalow (Class C3) to provide teaching classrooms, meeting rooms and accessible toilet facilities (Class F1). Erection of 2.1m boundary fence and access gate.
- Received
- 26 April 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Washington Central
- Agent
- SH Architectural Design
- ReceivedReceived26 Apr
- ValidatedValidated22 May
- Consult.Consultation12 Jun
- TargetTarget Date17 Jul
- DecidedDecided16 Jul
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Biddick Academy Biddick Lane Fatfield Washington NE38 8AL. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer 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 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 8AL
- Application type
- Full Application (Reg 4)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 14 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 22 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 12 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 14 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 17 July 2024
- Decision issued
- 22 July 2024
- Permission expires
- 22 July 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- SH Architectural Design
- Agent address
- Mr Stephen Hawley 51 Devonshire Road Durham DH1 2BJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 24 May 2024
- Site notice end
- 14 June 2024
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Sunderland
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