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Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

25/02038/REMApproval of Reserved MattersAwaiting decision
Reserved matters
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reserved matters following approval 20/02027/HE4 (Full planning permission for 116 residential dwellings (use class C3) with associated infrastructure and landscaping and outline planning permission (all matters reserved except access) for up to 324 residential dwellings (use class C3), associated infrastructure and landscaping) for development of 203 dwellings, associated drainage and landscape works. (Amended plans and supporting information received 18/09/26)

Received
9 September 2025
Decision due
30 October 2026
Public comments
4
Ward
Herrington And Newbottle
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 10 October.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (174)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland. Sunderland has handled 141 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Herrington And Newbottle.

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Application details

Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
116

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2025
Consultation expiry
23 October 2026
Consultation start
18 September 2026
Consultation end
10 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
22 September 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 October 2026
Last date for comments
23 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
416 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 September 2026
Advertisement expiry
20 October 2026
Site notice start
23 September 2026
Site notice end
23 October 2026

Additional information

Documents
174
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: SunderlandPart of the site

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.

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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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The site is in flood zone 3 (Environment Agency).

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