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Land North And West Of Washington Leisure Centre Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7SS

26/01233/CLPCertificate of Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 July 2026

Council decision: CertifyDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of lawful proposed development for erection of drive thru', EV charging hub, tyre and Autocare centre, car wash and Class E (a), (e) and (g), Commercial, Business and Service unit, with car parking and landscaping to vacant sites (24/00826/VAR and 23/01839/FUL)

Received
5 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Washington Central
Agent
D2 Planning Limited
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North And West Of Washington Leisure Centre Washington Town Centre Washington NE38 7SS. Sunderland has handled 141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Washington Central. We hold 227 applications in total for the NE38 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
NE38 7SS
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2026
Target decision date
31 July 2026
Permission expires
28 July 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
D2 Planning Limited
Agent address
Mr Des Dunlop The Annex 2 Oakhurst Road Stoke Bishop Bristol US Addresses Only BS9 3TQ GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14962260
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Source: Sunderland

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