Sunderland Empire Theatre Empire Theatre High Street West Sunderland SR1 3EX
Approved on 14 January 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Replacement of existing fire alarm system, including the installation of new ceiling mounted devices in the building's auditorium area. (Amended plans received on 10.12.24)
- Received
- 22 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Millfield
- ReceivedReceived22 Nov
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation3 Jan
- TargetTarget Date23 Jan
- DecidedDecided14 Jan
Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Sunderland Empire Theatre Empire Theatre High Street West Sunderland SR1 3EX. Sunderland has handled 49 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishopwearmouth conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 152 applications in total for the SR1 postcode area.
90% of heritage 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 3EX
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent (Reg 4)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 3 January 2025
- Consultation start
- 13 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 3 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 January 2025
- Last date for comments
- 1 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 14 January 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Osbornes
- Agent address
- Mr Ting Lai PO BOX395 Malvern WR14 9LL United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 December 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 31 December 2024
- Site notice start
- 10 December 2024
- Site notice end
- 31 December 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13559039
- Documents
- 29
- Constraints
- 37
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bishopwearmouth
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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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© 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.
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Source: Sunderland
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