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265 Chester Road Sunderland SR4 7RH

Refused Sunderland 23/00698/FUL Full Application

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use from C3 residential to C4 5 bedroom HMO.(Amended Proposal 15.05.23)

As published by the council, reference 23/00698/FUL

Application record

Reference
23/00698/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
21 Mar 2023
Validated
21 Mar 2023
Decided
16 May 2023
Ward
Barnes
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SR4 7RH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Sunderland register

This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • 23/01121/SUB Refused

    265 Chester Road Sunderland SR4 7RH

    Change of use from C3 (residential) to C4 (5 bedroom HMO).

    Decided 3 Sep 2024

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Mar 2023

    Received by Sunderland

  2. 16 May 2023

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 19 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

14 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Sunderland refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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    23/01121/SUB Submitted 22 May 2023 50 yards away

    Change of use from C3 (residential) to C4 (5 bedroom HMO).

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