Herrington Country Park Chester Road Shiney Row Houghton-le-Spring DH4 7EL
Approved on 10 September 2024
Planning committee
Proposal
Change of use from open space/ greenspace to create extended car parking areas with associated access, landscaping, biodiversity improvements and infrastructure
- Received
- 24 July 2024
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Shiney Row
- Agent
- Fairhurst Group LLP
- ReceivedReceived24 Jul
- ValidatedValidated24 Jul
- Consult.Consultation16 Aug
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided10 Sep
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Herrington Country Park Chester Road Shiney Row Houghton-le-Spring DH4 7EL. Sunderland has handled 74 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Shiney Row. We hold 167 applications in total for the DH4 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
- DH4 7EL
- Application type
- Local Authority (Reg 3 )
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 4 September 2024
- Consultation start
- 26 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 16 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 4 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 18 September 2024
- Committee meeting
- 2 September 2024
- Permission expires
- 10 September 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Fairhurst Group LLP
- Agent address
- Mr Dominic Waugh 1 Arngrove Court Barrack Road Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne And Wear NE4 6DB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 August 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 August 2024
- Site notice start
- 14 August 2024
- Site notice end
- 4 September 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13271918
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Sunderland
- 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, 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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