2 Crowther Road Crowther Washington NE38 0AA
Refused on 27 February 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from storage (B8) to indoor sports facility (E(d)) including door and window alterations.
- Received
- 28 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Washington South
- Agent
- Gary Craig Architectural Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived28 Oct
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date27 Feb
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 93 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Crowther Road Crowther Washington NE38 0AA. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 10 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in the Marston conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. 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.
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 0AA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 6 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 6 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Gary Craig Architectural Services Ltd
- Architect profile
- GARY CRAIG ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 10 Fulmar Walk Whitburn Sunderland SR6 7BW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 93 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 3 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 24 December 2025
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 7
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)
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, 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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