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Ryhope Pumping Station Cooling Ponds Waterworks Road Ryhope Sunderland SR2 0ND

25/02564/TPATrees in a Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 2 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees - T29 (Whitebeam) - Remove the crown leaving the stem as a standing monolith at 5m (cut above wildlife feature), T30 (Whitebeam) - Remove the crown leaving the stem as a standing monolith at 4m (cut above wildlife feature), T31 (Whitebeam) - Remove the crown leaving the stem as a standing monolith at 3.5m (cut above wildlife feature)

Received
5 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ryhope
Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received5 Nov
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target3 Jan
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ryhope Pumping Station Cooling Ponds Waterworks Road Ryhope Sunderland SR2 0ND. Sunderland has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Ryhope. We hold 479 applications in total for the SR2 postcode area.

100% of trees 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
SR2 0ND
Application type
Trees in a Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2025
Consultation expiry
1 December 2025
Consultation start
10 November 2025
Consultation end
1 December 2025
Last date for comments
1 December 2025
Target decision date
3 January 2026
Permission expires
2 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
Mr Stephen Keene Olivers Tree Services Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14464908
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
38

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, 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

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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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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