Planning application
Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division High Tech House Unit D Commerce Way Rainton Bridge Industrial Estate Houghton-Le-Spring DH4 5PP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of a dual vehicle charging point, replace existing fencing to north and south boundary with 2.4metre mesh security fencing, including automated pedestrian and vehicle access gates.
As published by the council, reference 22/02433/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 22/02433/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 3 Nov 2022
- Validated
- 3 Nov 2022
- Decided
- 21 Dec 2022
- Ward
- Hetton
- Parish
- Hetton Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- DH4 5PP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sunderland register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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22/01884/FUL Granted
Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division High Tech House Unit D Commerce Way Rainton Bridge Industrial Estate Houghton-Le-Spring DH4 5PP
Removal of redundant furnaces and support structure, installation of new furnace and associated cloth handling system, IR drier. Installation of new gas abatement plant and upgrade of site effluent plant with new contaminent bund. Increase site electrical capacity by installation of new HV/LV transformer and cabling.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Nov 2022
Received by Sunderland
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21 Dec 2022
Decision issued: Approved
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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Sunderland granted permission on 21 December 2022, 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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