Planning application
Langham Tower Ryhope Road Sunderland SR2 8HU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of ground floor and first floor of vacant building (previously used as a school) to a restaurant / bar with associated function rooms; including provision of external bin store and pedestrian access onto Ryhope Road
As published by the council, reference 21/02852/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 21/02852/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 8 Dec 2021
- Validated
- 7 Apr 2022
- Decided
- 9 Feb 2023
- Ward
- Hendon
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SR2 8HU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sunderland register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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21/02853/LBC Granted
Langham Tower Ryhope Road Sunderland SR2 8HU
Internal and external works to facilitate change of use of vacant building (previously used as a school) to a restaurant / bar with associated function rooms; including removal of partition walls and new gate to south western boundary
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Dec 2021
Received by Sunderland
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7 Apr 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Feb 2023
Decision issued: Approved
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23 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
71 documents on file for this application
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