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Forster Building Chester Road Sunderland SR1 3SB

24/02287/DEMNotice of DemolitionApproved

Approved on 14 January 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Approved DEMDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of vacant former educational building.

Received
11 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Millfield
Agent
DPP Planning
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.7 Jan
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Forster Building Chester Road Sunderland SR1 3SB. Sunderland has handled 74 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Millfield. We hold 152 applications in total for the SR1 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
SR1 3SB
Application type
Notice of Demolition
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2024
Consultation expiry
7 January 2025
Consultation start
17 December 2024
Consultation end
7 January 2025
Target decision date
17 January 2025
Permission expires
14 January 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
DPP Planning
Agent address
Mr Lee Fulcher Studio 015, Haylofts St Thomas' St Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13514534
Documents
20
Constraints
21

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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