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Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses Barmston Centre Washington NE38 8HZ

25/02369/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from Class F1 (place of worship) to Class E (Hairdressers)

Received
15 October 2025
Decision due
23 October 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Washington East
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 27 November.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (12)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses Barmston Centre Washington NE38 8HZ. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Woodgrange Estate, Forest Gate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Washington East. 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 8HZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Consultation expiry
27 November 2025
Consultation start
6 November 2025
Consultation end
27 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
31 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2025
Last date for comments
1 December 2025
Committee meeting
19 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
A & S P
Agent address
Mr Brett Jordan 74 Apsley Crescent Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 3LQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
357 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 November 2025
Site notice end
25 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14383681
Documents
12
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Woodgrange Estate, Forest Gate
  • 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, 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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Sunderland

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