The Cylinder Service Centre Sedling Road Wear Industrial Estate Washington NE38 9BZ
Approved on 4 September 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of photovoltaic solar panels to roof (204.47kW)
- Received
- 20 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Washington South
- ReceivedReceived20 Jun
- ValidatedValidated11 Jul
- Consult.Consultation8 Aug
- TargetTarget Date6 Sep
- DecidedDecided4 Sep
Decided in 55 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at The Cylinder Service Centre Sedling Road Wear Industrial Estate Washington NE38 9BZ. Sunderland has handled 2,503 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Washington South. We hold 227 applications in total for the NE38 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- NE38 9BZ
- Application type
- PCZ Other solar photovoltaics
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 8 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 18 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 8 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 8 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 6 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 4 September 2030
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 57 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 July 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 August 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14115831
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
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)
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