Planning application
Unit 8 West Quay Road Sunderland Enterprise Park Sunderland SR5 2TD
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Extension to existing building for factory production purposes (retrospective).
As published by the council, reference 25/02325/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02325/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Current
- Received
- 9 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 4 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Southwick
- Postcode
- SR5 2TD
Comment by 25 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Sunderland through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Oct 2025
Received by Sunderland
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4 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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4 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 October 2026, 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 74 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Applicant on file, registered in Chelmsford
1 application on PlanIndex
Trade members see who it is, their full track record, and every application they have filed.
See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
29 documents on file for this application
- SSSI ADVICE NOTE
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- EXISTING SITE AND LOCATION PLAN
- 3D DIMENSIONS
- 2851-FOUNDATION DESIGN
- GROUND BEAM
- HOT AND COLD ROLLED MARKING PLAN 3D VIEW
- HOT AND COLD ROLLED MARKING PLAN 3D VIEW
- HOT ROLLED MARKING PLAN PRIMARY STEELWORKS
- COLD ROLLED PARKING PLAN - ELEVATIONS
- COLD ROLLED MARKING PLAN - ELEVATIONS
- ROOF STEELWORK
- ECOLOGY REPORT
- FUL-PRELIMINARY_GEOENVIRONMENTAL_APPRAISAL_REPORT_FULL_PART1
- FUL-PRELIMINARY_GEOENVIRONMENTAL_APPRAISAL_REPORT_FULL_PART2
- FUL-PRELIMINARY_GEOENVIRONMENTAL_APPRAISAL_REPORT_FULL_PART3
- FUL-PRELIMINARY_GEOENVIRONMENTAL_APPRAISAL_REPORT_FULL_PART4
- BOMB_SEARCH_THIRD_PARTY_REPORT
- COUNTY_ARCHAEOLOGIST_COMMENTS-1650817
- ARIEL VIEW
- BUILDING EXTENSION LOCATION 2
- BUILDING DRAWING
- GRANULATION ENCLOSURE QUOTE
- BUILDING PHOTOS
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Sunderland for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Sunderland decided full applications in a median of 105 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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