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The White House Hylton Bridge Farm Follingsby Lane Washington NE36 0BB

25/00913/LP3Local Authority (Reg 3 )Approved

Approved on 22 July 2025

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from Residential Dwelling (Use Class C3) to Complex Needs Hub (Use Class C2) for up to 4 persons aged 11 to 17 years with external alterations to the dwelling and boundary fencing. Works will also include the removal of a polytunnel and the creation of an additional car parking area. (amended description and plans received 27.05.25 and 28.05.25).

Received
7 May 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Washington North
Agent
Hedley Planning Service
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The White House Hylton Bridge Farm Follingsby Lane Washington NE36 0BB. Sunderland has handled 74 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Washington North. We hold 1,470 applications in total for the NE36 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
NE36 0BB
Application type
Local Authority (Reg 3 )
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2025
Consultation expiry
20 June 2025
Consultation start
30 May 2025
Consultation end
20 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
30 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 June 2025
Last date for comments
20 June 2025
Target decision date
25 July 2025
Committee meeting
21 July 2025
Permission expires
22 July 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hedley Planning Service
Agent address
Floor 3 Maybrook House Grainger Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5JE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
73 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 May 2025
Advertisement expiry
10 June 2025
Site notice start
19 May 2025
Site notice end
9 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13934797
Documents
40
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Mar

    Discharge of condition 7 (Cycle storage and disabled parking bay) attached to 25/00913/LP3

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/00783/DIS
  2. 2025
    7 May

    Change of Use from Residential Dwelling (Use Class C3) to Complex Needs Hub (Use Class C2) for up to 4…

    This applicationApprovedOther25/00913/LP3

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