Rainton Services Mercantile Road Rainton Bridge Industrial Estate Houghton-le-Spring
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Proposal
Erection of illuminated and non-illuminated signage relating to the service station, and on-site businesses, including fascia signage, vinyl signs, tombstone signage, monolith signage, mid totem signage, directional signposts, banner frames and canopy signs (34 in total)
- Received
- 2 March 2026
- Decision due
- 27 April 2026
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Hetton
- Agent
- De Pol Associates
- ReceivedReceived2 Mar
- ValidatedValidated2 Mar
- Consult.Consultation26 Mar
- TargetTarget Date27 Apr
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Rainton Services Mercantile Road Rainton Bridge Industrial Estate Houghton-le-Spring. Sunderland has handled 79 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Central Historic Core conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Hetton.
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Application details
- Application type
- Advert Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hetton Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- De Pol Associates
- Agent address
- Mr Morgan Shattock De Pol Associates Farington House Stanifield Lane Farington, Leyland Lancashire PR25 4UA 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.
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