The Dwelling House East Cross Street Sunderland SR1 1XB

26/00717/CLECertificate of existing UseAwaiting decision

Lawful development certificate

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for existing use of first floor as residential property.

Received: 30 March 2026
Decision due: 29 May 2026
Council: Sunderland City Council
Ward: Hendon

ReceivedReceived30 Mar
ValidatedValidated30 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date29 May
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Dwelling House East Cross Street Sunderland SR1 1XB. Sunderland has handled 79 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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.

90% of amendment 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 1XB
Application type: Certificate of existing Use
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 60 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14786169
Comments: 0
Documents: 2
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Old Sunderland Riverside
Heritage at Risk Register: Old Sunderland Riverside
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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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.

Source: Sunderland

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