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177 High Street West And 1-2 Villiers Street Sunderland SR1 1UF

25/02731/FU4Full Application (Reg 4)Approved
Full

Approved on 23 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of vacant building to mixed use comprising of retail units, meeting space with ancillary facilities and offices. External alterations to include new fire escape staircase to West elevation, alterations to balcony, PV panels to roof and plant to ground floor.

Received
23 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Hendon
Agent
Mosedale Gillatt Architects
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 177 High Street West And 1-2 Villiers Street Sunderland SR1 1UF. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Sunderland Riverside conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Hendon. We hold 152 applications in total for the SR1 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
SR1 1UF
Application type
Full Application (Reg 4)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2025
Consultation expiry
20 February 2026
Consultation start
30 January 2026
Consultation end
20 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2025
Last date for comments
20 February 2026
Target decision date
23 February 2026
Permission expires
23 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mosedale Gillatt Architects
Architect profile
MOSEDALE GILLATT ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Mosedale Gillatt Architects East Lodge - Jesmond Old Cemetery Jesmond Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 1NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
30 December 2025
Site notice start
3 December 2025
Site notice end
24 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14416204
Documents
19
Constraints
20

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    26 Mar

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and 3 (proposed cladding and colour finish) attached to 25/02731/FU4

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/00681/VAR
  2. 2025
    23 Nov

    Change of use of vacant building to mixed use comprising of retail units, meeting space with ancillary…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/02731/FU4

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