173 Roker Avenue Sunderland SR6 0HQ
Refused on 22 October 2026
Council decision: RefusePlanning committee
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Proposal
Proposed change of use of the existing upper floors from residential accommodation to a 6-bedroom HMO.(Operational detail received 26.08.26) (additional detail received 07.09.26, further detail received 14.09.26)
- Received
- 6 August 2026
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 13
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Roker
- ReceivedReceived6 Aug
- ValidatedValidated20 Aug
- Consult.Consultation8 Oct
- TargetTarget Date23 Oct
- DecidedDecided22 Oct
Decided in 63 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 173 Roker Avenue Sunderland SR6 0HQ. Sunderland has handled 2,503 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Roker. We hold 318 applications in total for the SR6 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SR6 0HQ
- Application type
- HMO Planning Applications
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 August 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 October 2026
- Consultation start
- 17 September 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 September 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 October 2026
- Last date for comments
- 8 October 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 October 2026
- Committee meeting
- 19 October 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 64 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 September 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 October 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15141524
- Documents
- 29
- Constraints
- 7
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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