Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

1 Derby Street Sunderland SR2 7AB

Awaiting decision Sunderland 25/02620/FUL Full Application

Works: New dwelling Several homes

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Change of use from vacant doctors surgery to two flats including external alterations to front elevation.

As published by the council, reference 25/02620/FUL

Application record

Reference
25/02620/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Current
Received
11 Nov 2025
Validated
13 Nov 2025
Ward
Barnes And Thornhill
Postcode
SR2 7AB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Sunderland register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

  • 25/02506/LBC Awaiting decision

    1 Derby Street Sunderland SR2 7AB

    Removal of internal walls and creation of new walls, removal and addition of new windows to ground floor front elevation and update of main entrance façade. (Response to Conservation comments following on from site visit 07.08.2026)

    Submitted 30 Oct 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Nov 2025

    Received by Sunderland

  2. 13 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 8 January 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

A.M.Watt Design Agent, a design practice

57 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 100% granted

Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.

See their track record

Documents

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

13 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

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 decided full applications in a median of 69 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 1 Derby Street Sunderland SR2 7AB

    25/02506/LBC Submitted 30 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    86% historically approved · decision due ~1 Jan

    Removal of internal walls and creation of new walls, removal and addition of new windows to ground floor front elevation and update of main entrance façade. (Response to Conservation comments following on from site visit 07.08.2026)

    Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 20 docs

  • 12 Thornhill Crescent Sunderland SR2 7AD

    26/01226/FUL Submitted 4 Jun 2026 50 yards away

    90% historically approved · decision due ~24 Aug

    Change of use of dwelling house into three self-contained flats. Install replacement roller shutter door to rear. (Amended description agreed 31.08.2026, and amended and supplementary plans received 31.07.2026 23.08.2026)

    Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling 36 docs
    Domestic

  • 10 Thornhill Crescent Sunderland SR2 7AD

    21/00274/TPC Submitted 8 Feb 2021 50 yards away

    Section 211 Notice to prune overhanging branches to 1no Willow (T1) and 1no Elder trees (T2).

    Granted Trees 5 docs

  • 6 Thornhill Terrace Sunderland SR2 7JL

    23/00072/FUL Submitted 12 Jan 2023 50 yards away

    Alterations to fenestration

    Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 15 docs

  • 6 Thornhill Terrace Sunderland SR2 7JL

    23/00073/LBC Submitted 12 Jan 2023 50 yards away

    Ground Floor: install bi-fold door, new drainage and conservation roof lights; removal of internal walls and chimney; convert pantry to wc; First Floor: block up existing opening; Second Floor: block up existing opening; install new windows and vaulted ceiling to existing dormer: Replacement of windows as identified.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 15 docs

  • Flat 2 Ground Floor Rear 9 Thornhill Crescent Sunderland SR2 7AD

    24/00422/CLE Submitted 4 Mar 2024 50 yards away

    Certificate of lawful existing use as rear residential flat.

    Decided Lawful development 5 docs

In Sunderland

  • 26/02386/FUL Awaiting decision

    30 Crofters Way Sunderland SR6 8BN

    Erection of porch to front

    Received 30 Oct, published by the council 6 Nov 2026 Full applications
  • 26/02363/FUL Awaiting decision

    2 Bowbank Close Sunderland SR3 1PW

    Erection of boundary wall to front, side and rear (retrospective).

    Received 28 Oct, published by the council 5 Nov 2026 Full applications
  • 26/02366/FUL Awaiting decision

    18 Grasmere Crescent Fulwell Sunderland SR5 1NL

    Erection of single storey rear extension

    Received 28 Oct, published by the council 6 Nov 2026 Full applications
  • 26/02349/FUL Awaiting decision

    4 Breamish Drive Rickleton Washington NE38 9HS

    Erection of first floor extension over existing Garage and single storey partial/infill rear extension.

    Received 26 Oct, published by the council 5 Nov 2026 Full applications
  • 26/02315/FUL Awaiting decision

    11 The Gardens Columbia Washington NE38 7DN

    Installation of an Air Source Heat Pump

    Received 23 Oct, published by the council 2 Nov 2026 Full applications