17 Sandwell Drive Houghton-le-Spring DH4 7QE
Approved on 31 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Erection of a single storey side extension with pitched roof (Fast Track) (amended plans received on 6th March 2026)
- Received
- 24 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Washington East
- Agent
- ROK Architecture
- ReceivedReceived24 Feb
- ValidatedValidated24 Feb
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date21 Apr
- DecidedDecided31 Mar
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 17 Sandwell Drive Houghton-le-Spring DH4 7QE. Sunderland has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Washington East. We hold 167 applications in total for the DH4 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
- DH4 7QE
- Application type
- FASTRACK Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 31 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ROK Architecture
- Architect profile
- ROK ARCHITECTURE LTD
- Agent address
- Mr Adam Holmes Office 16 The Eagle Building 201 High Street East Sunderland SR1 2AX United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
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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Source: Sunderland
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