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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
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 7 applications since 2020: 6 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
  • 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

11 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
  • 24/00796/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
  • 23/00608/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.

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