George Washington Primary School Well Bank Road Washington NE37 1NL
Approved on 4 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)16 conditions
Proposal
Variation of condition 2 (Plans) attached to previously approved planning application ref. 24/01733/FU4 - (Erection of a single storey building within the curtilage of George Washington Primary School to include 8no. additional parking spaces and associated landscaping.) to allow for amendments to relevant approved plans to account for updated site ownership boundary
- Received
- 23 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Washington West
- Agent
- Jefferson Sheard Architects
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated13 Jan
- Consult.Consultation3 Feb
- TargetTarget Date10 Mar
- DecidedDecided4 Mar
Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at George Washington Primary School Well Bank Road Washington NE37 1NL. Sunderland has handled 632 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington West. We hold 49 applications in total for the NE37 postcode area.
81% of conditions 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
- NE37 1NL
- Application type
- Variation of Condition (Reg 4)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 4 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Jefferson Sheard Architects
- Architect profile
- JEFFERSON SHEARD LIMITED
- Agent address
- Mr Alexander McCormick 52 Princess Street Manchester M1 6JX United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 5 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14583964
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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.
Associated applications
- 202523 Dec
Discharge of condition 4 (CEMP) attached to planning application 24/01733/FU4
RefusedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/02958/DIS - 202523 Dec
Variation of condition 2 (Plans) attached to previously approved planning application ref. 24/01733/FU4
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/02959/VA4 - 202523 Dec
Discharge of condition 5 (Ground Investigation and Risk Assessment) attached to planning application…
PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/00012/DIS - 202523 Dec
Discharge of condition 9 (LEMP) attached to planning application 24/01733/FU4
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/00015/DIS - 202523 Dec
Discharge of condition 15 (Site Levels) attached to planning application 24/01733/FU4
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/00020/DIS
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Sunderland
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- George Washington Primary School Well Bank Road Washington NE37 1NL26/00015/DIS · ConditionsApproved0.0 mi
- George Washington Primary School Well Bank Road Washington NE37 1NL26/00012/DIS · ConditionsAwaiting decision0.0 mi
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