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Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Burdon Road Sunderland SR2 7DN

Decided Sunderland 21/01477/SCO Scoping Opinion

Works: Demolition

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Formal opinion requested on the scope of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to be submitted in connection with a planning application for the demolition of the former Sunderland Civic Centre and redevelopment of the site for approximately 300no. new homes including, open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure.

As published by the council, reference 21/01477/SCO

Application record

Reference
21/01477/SCO
Type
Scoping Opinion
Status
Decided
Decision
Response
Received
18 Jun 2021
Validated
18 Jun 2021
Decided
11 Oct 2021
Ward
St Michaels
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SR2 7DN

Site history

Applications at this address on the Sunderland register

This site has had 10 applications since 2019: 8 approved, 0 refused.

  • 23/02112/DIS Granted

    Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Burdon Road Sunderland SR2 7DN

    Discharge of condition 16 (land contamination) attached to 21/02938/FD4 (part 2 of 3)

    Decided 10 Nov 2023 Conditions
  • 23/02114/DIS Granted

    Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Burdon Road Sunderland SR2 7DN

    Discharge of condition 17 (remediation scheme) attached to 21/02938/FD4 (part 3 of 3)

    Decided 10 Nov 2023 Conditions
  • 23/02089/DIS Granted

    Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Burdon Road Sunderland SR2 7DN

    Discharge of condition 3 (materials) attached to 21/02938/FU4 (part 1 of 3).

    Decided 10 Nov 2023 Conditions
  • 23/01937/VAR Withdrawn

    Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Burdon Road Sunderland SR2 7DN

    Variation of conditions 2 and 14 of planning permission ref. 21/02938/FD4, to allow for amendments to apartment Blocks A, B and C of the approved development (including changes to design, appearance and footprint of blocks and omission of undercroft parking for Block B and relocation within the site), repositioning of gates to dwellings and change to trigger point of condition no. 14 to restrict occupancy of Phase C of the development.

    Decided 14 Nov 2023 Amendments
  • 22/02726/DIS Granted

    Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Burdon Road Sunderland SR2 7DN

    Discharge of condtion 17 (Remediation scheme) attached to planning application 21/02938/FD4 (Phase 1 of development only)

    Decided 10 Feb 2023 Conditions
  • 22/02700/DIS Granted

    Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Burdon Road Sunderland SR2 7DN

    Discharge of condition 16 (Land contamination) attached to planning application 21/02938/FD4 (Phase 1 of development only)

    Decided 10 Feb 2023 Conditions
  • 22/02438/DOV Granted

    Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Burdon Road Sunderland SR2 7DN

    Deed of Variation to s106 for planning permission ref. 21/02938/FD4.

    Decided 3 Jan 2023 Conditions
  • 22/01936/DIS Granted

    Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Burdon Road Sunderland SR2 7DN

    Discharge of condition 9 (crusher details) attached to planning application 21/02938/FD4

    Decided 19 Oct 2022 Conditions
  • 19/02107/DIS Granted

    Sunderland City Council Civic Centre Burdon Road Sunderland SR2 7DN

    TEST

    Decided 10 Mar 2020 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Jun 2021

    Received by Sunderland

  2. 11 Oct 2021

    Decision issued: Response

  3. 10 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

19 documents on file for this application

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