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Land North Of Fairhaven Springwell Gateshead NE9 7SW

25/02952/OUTOutline ApplicationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application with all matters reserved except for access, for the erection of up to 17no. age-exclusive bungalows (Use Class C3) and associated infrastructure and landscaping (amended indicative layout, updated FRA and updated BNG information received 18.06.2026).

Received
22 December 2025
Decision due
2 December 2026
Public comments
415
Ward
Washington West
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 17 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (456)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of Fairhaven Springwell Gateshead NE9 7SW. Sunderland has handled 141 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington West. We hold 1,347 applications in total for the NE9 postcode area.

96% of outline 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
NE9 7SW
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
15 July 2026
Consultation start
19 August 2026
Consultation end
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
15 July 2026
Last date for comments
9 September 2026
Committee meeting
28 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Oliver Clements St Nicholas Building St Nicholas Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1RF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
321 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
17 February 2026
Site notice start
4 February 2026
Site notice end
25 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14578282
Documents
456
Constraints
27

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 (18)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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

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.

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