Derwent House Washington Town Centre Washington
Refused on 15 October 2025
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Discharge of Condition 14 ( Bat and bird boxes) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL - Part 6 of 6
- Received
- 3 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Washington Central
- ReceivedReceived3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated26 Sep
- Consult.Consultation24 Oct
- TargetTarget Date21 Nov
- DecidedDecided15 Oct
Decided in 19 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Derwent House Washington Town Centre Washington. Sunderland has handled 632 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Sunderland's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington Central.
81% of conditions 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
- Application type
- Discharge of Planning Condition(s)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 24 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 3 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 24 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Mark Ellis Calls Wharf 2 The Calls Leeds LS2 7JU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14299009
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
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.
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Associated applications
- 20253 Sep
Discharge of Condition 5 (CEMP) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/01987/DIS - 20253 Sep
Discharge of Condition 9 (Contamination ground investigation) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/02252/DIS - 20253 Sep
Discharge of Condition 10 ( Remediation) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/02254/DIS - 20253 Sep
Discharge of Condition 11 (Verification) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/02255/DIS - 20253 Sep
Discharge of Condition 12 (Unexpected contamination) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL
WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/02256/DIS - 20253 Sep
Discharge of Condition 14 ( Bat and bird boxes) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL
This applicationRefusedDischarge of conditions25/02257/DIS
Planning history at this site
9 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202615 Jun
Discharge of Condition 7 (Cycle Parking) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01395/DIS - 202615 Jun
Discharge of Condition 14 (Bat and Bird Boxes) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01397/DIS - 202615 Jun
Discharge of Condition 6 (Vehicle Parking) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01309/DIS - 202615 Jun
Discharge of Condition 8 (Bin Stores) attached to planning approval 23/00950/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01396/DIS - 202517 Feb
Discharge of condition 10 (Remediation) attached to 23/00950/FUL
RefusedDischarge of conditions25/00691/DIS - 202517 Feb
Discharge of condition 5 (CEMP) attached to 23/00950/FUL
RefusedDischarge of conditions25/00374/DIS - 202517 Feb
Discharge of condition 14 (bat and bird boxes) attached to 23/00950/FUL
RefusedDischarge of conditions25/00694/DIS - 202229 Nov
Change of use of ground, first and second floors offices to 24 apartments (Use Class C3).
ApprovedPrior Notification Class G E to C322/02607/PCG - 201713 Jan
Change of use from office (B1a) to residential (C3).
ApprovedPrior Notification Class B1a to C317/00087/PCJ
Source: Sunderland
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