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Mowbray Park Mowbray Gardens Burdon Road Sunderland

Granted Sunderland 19/01404/LP3 Local Authority (Reg 3 )

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Temporary change of use of Mowbray Park and erection of temporary buildings and structures, to allow for the Festival of Light to operate for a number of days annually between 1st October-31st December for a 5 year period.

As published by the council, reference 19/01404/LP3

Application record

Reference
19/01404/LP3
Type
Local Authority (Reg 3 )
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
21 Aug 2019
Validated
29 Aug 2019
Decided
29 Oct 2019
Ward
Hendon
Decision by
Committee Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Sunderland register

This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 24/01729/LP3 Granted

    Mowbray Park Mowbray Gardens Burdon Road Sunderland

    Temporary change of use to allow for the Festival of Light to operate for a number of days between 7 October to 1 December 2024

    Decided 11 Oct 2024 Other

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Aug 2019

    Received by Sunderland

  2. 29 Aug 2019

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Oct 2019

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

52 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Sunderland granted permission on 29 October 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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This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 41 docs

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