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JD 89 The Galleries Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7RT

25/00172/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 April 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of unit to create 2no. units, including a single storey extension to south east elevation, new shop fronts, external cladding and security access gate to side.

Received
27 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Washington Central
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at JD 89 The Galleries Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7RT. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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.

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 7RT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2025
Consultation expiry
11 April 2025
Consultation start
18 March 2025
Consultation end
8 April 2025
Last date for comments
11 April 2025
Target decision date
14 April 2025
Permission expires
14 April 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 March 2025
Site notice end
11 April 2025

Appeal history

6004272
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 June 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
3366439
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 October 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13719378
Documents
11
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Derwent House, Washington Town CentreRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    29 Aug

    Non-material amendment to previously approved application 25/00172/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment25/01957/AM1
  2. 2025
    27 Jan

    Conversion of unit to create 2no. units, including a single storey extension to south east elevation, new…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/00172/FUL

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