Planning application
Former Vaux Brewery Site Plater Way Sunderland
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for detailed planning permission for the erection of 18,075sqm (GEA) business hub on plots 13 (6 storeys) and 14 (7 storeys) of the Vaux site, comprising of civic related uses, office space (use class B1), medical centre (use class D1), creche (use class D1), cafe/ restaurant (use class A3) roof terrace, implementation of road link to Cumberland Street, ancillary buildings and infrastructure and landscaping. Amended Description.
As published by the council, reference 19/00188/FU4
Application record
- Reference
- 19/00188/FU4
- Type
- Full Application (Reg 4)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 4 Feb 2019
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2019
- Decided
- 13 May 2019
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sunderland register
This site has had 6 applications since 2019: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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24/01998/AM1 Granted
Former Vaux Brewery Site Plater Way Sunderland
Non material amendment to previously approved application 20/00734/FU4 (amended via app. ref. 21/01962/AM1) to allow amendments to landscaping plans
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21/00864/DIS Granted
Former Vaux Brewery Site Plater Way Sunderland
Discharge of condition 12 (extraction) attached to planning application 20/00734/FU4 (part 2 of 2)
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21/00371/ADV Granted
Former Vaux Brewery Site Plater Way Sunderland
Display of 3 no. "City Hall" individual internally illuminated letters to northern, southern and western elevations.
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19/01930/DIS Decided
Former Vaux Brewery Site Plater Way Sunderland
Discharge of condition 7 (Landscaping) and condition 12 (boundary enclosure) attached to planning application 19/00188/FU4
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19/01776/DIS Decided
Former Vaux Brewery Site Plater Way Sunderland
Discharge of condition 5 (Construction management plan) attached to planning application 19/00188/FU4
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Feb 2019
Received by Sunderland
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5 Feb 2019
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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13 May 2019
Decision issued: Approved
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2 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
3 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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19/01930/DIS Decided
Former Vaux Brewery Site Plater Way Sunderland
Discharge of condition 7 (Landscaping) and condition 12 (boundary enclosure) attached to planning application 19/00188/FU4
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19/01776/DIS Decided
Former Vaux Brewery Site Plater Way Sunderland
Discharge of condition 5 (Construction management plan) attached to planning application 19/00188/FU4
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19/01627/DIS Decided
Former Vaux Brewery Site Gill Bridge Avenue Sunderland
Discharge of planning condition 14. Surface Water Drainage of planning approval 19/00188/FU4
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
121 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Sunderland granted permission on 13 May 2019, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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