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Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

Awaiting decision Sunderland 25/02038/REM Approval of Reserved Matters

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Proposal

Reserved matters following approval 20/02027/HE4 (Full planning permission for 116 residential dwellings (use class C3) with associated infrastructure and landscaping and outline planning permission (all matters reserved except access) for up to 324 residential dwellings (use class C3), associated infrastructure and landscaping) for development of 206 dwellings, associated drainage and landscape works. (Amended plans and supporting information received 18/09/26)

As published by the council, reference 25/02038/REM

Application record

Reference
25/02038/REM
Type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Status
Current
Received
9 Sep 2025
Validated
9 Sep 2025
Ward
Herrington And Newbottle

Site history

Applications at this address on the Sunderland register

This site has had 31 applications since 2022: 24 approved, 4 refused.

  • 26/01412/OBL Awaiting decision

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Discharge of Schedule 5, Part 1.3 (Open Space Management Plan) of Section 106 Referenced 20/02027/HE4.

    Submitted 29 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • 25/00081/DIS Granted

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 14 (Remediation Scheme) attached to planning application 20/02027/HE4 (Part 4 of 9)

    Decided 22 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • 25/00079/DIS Granted

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 13 (Phase II report update) attached to planning application 20/02027/HE4 (part 3 of 9)

    Decided 22 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • 24/02573/OBL Awaiting decision

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Description: Partial discharge of Schedule 5, Part 2.10 (Biodiversity Net Gain Scheme) of Section 106 Agreement referenced 20/02027/HE4 relating to Phase 2 of the development.

    Submitted 20 Dec 2024 Conditions
  • 24/00419/REM Granted

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Reserved matters approval for development of 118 dwellings, associated drainage and North Eastern SuDS basin, entirety of the spine road and central green corridor landscape works (additional drainage info received 31/07/24).

    Decided 6 Sep 2024 Reserved matters
  • 23/01081/OBL Granted

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Partial discharge of Schedule 3, 3.2 (Affordable Housing Delivery Strategy) of Section 106 Agreement referenced 20/02027/HE4 in relation to Phase 1 of the development.

    Decided 9 Jun 2023 Conditions
  • 23/01060/OBL Granted

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Discharge of Schedule 5, Part 2.10 (Biodiversity Net Gain Scheme) of Section 106 Agreement referenced 20/02027/HE4.

    Decided 9 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • 23/00676/AM1 Granted

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Non material amendment to approved application 20/02027/HE4, for all rear elevation windows to be coloured to match front elevations and brick replacement - from Wylam Olde Blend to Alnwick Blend.

    Decided 26 Jun 2023 Amendments
  • 23/00284/DIS Granted

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 29 (ecology -LEMP) attached to 20/02027/HE4 (part 1 of 3).

    Decided 28 Mar 2023 Conditions
  • 23/00342/DIS Granted

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Discharge of condition 30 (ecology - lighting strategy) attached to 20/02027/HE4 (part 2 of 3)

    Decided 14 Mar 2023 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Sep 2025

    Received by Sunderland

  2. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 4 November 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Sunderland took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

174 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Sunderland for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Sunderland's median decision took 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About reserved matters applications

A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    Received 11 Mar, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Reserved matters
  • 24/00419/REM Granted

    Land South West Of Herrington Country Park Chester Road Penshaw Sunderland

    Reserved matters approval for development of 118 dwellings, associated drainage and North Eastern SuDS basin, entirety of the spine road and central green corridor landscape works (additional drainage info received 31/07/24).

    Received 4 Mar, published by the council 13 Aug 2026 Reserved matters
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    Received 15 Mar, published by the council 13 Aug 2026 Reserved matters
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    Received 8 Sep, published by the council 13 Aug 2026 Reserved matters