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River Wear Sunderland

Granted Sunderland 20/02391/LP3 Local Authority (Reg 3 )

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

Proposal

Construction of a high-level pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Wear, linking the north and south sides of the river between the 'Vaux' site and the Sheepfolds area.

As published by the council, reference 20/02391/LP3

Application record

Reference
20/02391/LP3
Type
Local Authority (Reg 3 )
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
18 Dec 2020
Validated
22 Dec 2020
Decided
30 Mar 2021
Ward
Southwick
Decision by
Committee Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Sunderland register

This site has had 10 applications since 2020: 9 approved, 0 refused.

  • 24/02438/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 8 (Landscaping) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3 (Part 1 of 2)

    Decided 17 Mar 2025 Conditions
  • 24/02446/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 9 (Remediation Strategy) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3 (Part 2 of 2) (to permit re-use of site won materials).

    Decided 9 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • 24/02278/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 7 (Final details of parapet etc) attached to 20/02391/LP3.

    Decided 6 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • 23/01326/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 4 (Species and habitat protection) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3

    Decided 11 Aug 2023 Conditions
  • 23/00608/AM1 Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Non material amendment relating to condition 3 of application 20/02391/LP3 (amended via variation app. ref. 23/00432/VA3)(Construction of a high-level pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Wear, linking the north and south sides of the river between the 'Vaux' site and the Sheepfolds area) proposing amendments to the construction environmental management plan.

    Decided 4 May 2023 Amendments
  • 23/00432/VA3 Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Variation of conditions 2 and 5 of planning permission ref. 20/02391/LP3 (Construction of high-level pedestrian and cycle bridge across River Wear) to allow for removal of additional trees and amendments to approved ecology mitigation and enhancement measures.

    Decided 4 Apr 2023 Amendments
  • 22/02032/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge if condition 6 (Ecological maintenance and monitoring) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3

    Decided 12 Oct 2022 Conditions
  • 22/01609/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 9 (remediation strategy) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3 - Part 1 of 3 (additional information received)

    Decided 23 Mar 2023 Conditions
  • 22/01667/DIS Decided

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 12 (Piling restrictions) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3 - Part 2 of 3 (additional information received)

    Decided 23 Mar 2023 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Dec 2020

    Received by Sunderland

  2. 22 Dec 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 30 Mar 2021

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 6 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

14 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • 24/02438/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 8 (Landscaping) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3 (Part 1 of 2)

    Decided 17 Mar 2025 Conditions
  • 24/02446/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 9 (Remediation Strategy) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3 (Part 2 of 2) (to permit re-use of site won materials).

    Decided 9 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • 24/02278/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 7 (Final details of parapet etc) attached to 20/02391/LP3.

    Decided 6 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • 24/00796/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sheepfolds North Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 16 (archaeoligical fieldwork report) attached to 20/02391/LP3 (part 2 of 5)

    Decided 17 May 2024 Conditions
  • 24/00797/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sheepfolds North Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 17 (Publication of archaeoligical fieldwork report) attached to 20/02391/LP3 (part 3 of 5).

    Decided 17 May 2024 Conditions
  • 24/00755/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sheepfolds North Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 15 (archaeoligical fieldwork) attached to 20/02391/LP3 (part 1 of 5)

    Decided 17 May 2024 Conditions
  • 24/00798/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sheepfolds North Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 18 (Watching Brief ) attached to 20/02391/LP3 (part 4 of 5).

    Decided 17 May 2024 Conditions
  • 24/00799/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sheepfolds North Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 19 (watching brief report) attached to 20/02391/LP3 (part 5 of 5).

    Decided 17 May 2024 Conditions
  • 23/01326/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 4 (Species and habitat protection) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3

    Decided 11 Aug 2023 Conditions
  • 23/00608/AM1 Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Non material amendment relating to condition 3 of application 20/02391/LP3 (amended via variation app. ref. 23/00432/VA3)(Construction of a high-level pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Wear, linking the north and south sides of the river between the 'Vaux' site and the Sheepfolds area) proposing amendments to the construction environmental management plan.

    Decided 4 May 2023 Amendments
  • 23/00432/VA3 Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Variation of conditions 2 and 5 of planning permission ref. 20/02391/LP3 (Construction of high-level pedestrian and cycle bridge across River Wear) to allow for removal of additional trees and amendments to approved ecology mitigation and enhancement measures.

    Decided 4 Apr 2023 Amendments
  • 22/02032/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge if condition 6 (Ecological maintenance and monitoring) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3

    Decided 12 Oct 2022 Conditions
  • 22/01609/DIS Granted

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 9 (remediation strategy) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3 - Part 1 of 3 (additional information received)

    Decided 23 Mar 2023 Conditions
  • 22/01667/DIS Decided

    River Wear Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 12 (Piling restrictions) attached to planning application 20/02391/LP3 - Part 2 of 3 (additional information received)

    Decided 23 Mar 2023 Conditions

Documents

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

76 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Sunderland granted permission on 30 March 2021, 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.

About less common application types

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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  • River Wear Sunderland

    23/00432/VA3 Submitted 24 Feb 2023 50 yards away

    Variation of conditions 2 and 5 of planning permission ref. 20/02391/LP3 (Construction of high-level pedestrian and cycle bridge across River Wear) to allow for removal of additional trees and amendments to approved ecology mitigation and enhancement measures.

    Granted Amendments Trees 10 docs

  • River Wear Sunderland

    24/02278/DIS Submitted 7 Nov 2024 50 yards away

    Discharge of condition 7 (Final details of parapet etc) attached to 20/02391/LP3.

    Granted Conditions 45 docs

  • Land To The North Of Easington Street Sunderland SR5 1AX

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  • Albatross Bus And Coach Hire Easington Street Sunderland SR5 1AZ

    23/00974/DIS Submitted 24 Apr 2023 200 yards away

    Discharge of condition 20 (E-CEMP) attached to 22/02245/FUL (part 5 of 6).

    Granted Conditions 5 docs

  • Albatross Bus And Coach Hire Easington Street Sunderland SR5 1AZ

    23/00972/DIS Submitted 24 Apr 2023 200 yards away

    Discharge of condition 16 (contamination ground investigation) attached to 22/02245/FUL (part 3 of 6).

    Refused Conditions 5 docs

  • Albatross Bus And Coach Hire Easington Street Sunderland SR5 1AZ

    23/00975/DIS Submitted 24 Apr 2023 200 yards away

    Discharge of condition 22 (bat and bird boxes) attached to 22/02245/FUL (part 6 of 6).

    Granted Conditions 5 docs

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