Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

This site has had 16 applications since 2021: 10 approved, 3 refused.

• 26/01023/AM1 Refused

  Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

  Non-material amendment to planning application 23/01209/REM (Reserved matter application pursuant to 14/00538/HYB, seeking approval of the details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 35 residential units (as amended) to allow for 1 additional parking space to plot 23.

  Decided 17 Jul 2026 Amendments
• 26/00078/DIS Awaiting decision

  Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

  Discharge of condition 23 (Surface water drainage) attached to planning application 14/00538/HYB (Part 1 of 3)

  Submitted 12 Jan 2026 Conditions
• 24/02217/AM1 Granted

  Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

  Non-material amendment to previous grant of planning permission 14/00538/HYB (as amended by 19/00037/AM1) to allow within the south east of the site amendments to the landscaping and an additional access

  Decided 12 Dec 2024 Amendments
• 24/01423/DIS Granted

  Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

  Part discharge of condition 27 (Ecology - biodiversity enhancement measures) attached to planning application 14/00538/HYB - Part 3 of 5

  Decided 25 Nov 2024 Conditions
• 24/01424/DIS Granted

  Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

  Part discharge of condition 33 (Land contamination - investigation) attached to planning application 14/00538/HYB - Part 4 of 5

  Decided 30 Aug 2024 Conditions
• 24/01422/DIS Granted

  Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

  Part discharge of condition 24 (Construction Method Statement) attached to planning application 14/00538/HYB - Part 2 of 5

  Decided 30 Aug 2024 Conditions
• 24/01414/DIS Granted

  Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

  Part discharge of condition 14 (Materials) attached to planning application 14/00538/HYB - Part 1of 5

  Decided 30 Aug 2024 Conditions
• 24/01425/DIS Granted

  Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

  Part discharge of condition 34 (Remediation Scheme) attached to planning application 14/00538/HYB - Part 5 of 5

  Decided 30 Aug 2024 Conditions
• 23/01209/REM Granted

  Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

  Reserved matter application pursuant to 14/00538/HYB, seeking approval of the details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 35 residential units (as amended)

  Decided 5 Jul 2024 Reserved matters
• 22/02698/DIS Granted

  Land At Philadelphia Complex/Philadelphia Lane Houghton-le-Spring

  Discharge of Condition 33 (Investigation) of 14/00538/HYB, in so far as it relates to Area Excluded from Remediation Works (subject to further approvals), Drawing No. 05, Appendix A of the Remediation Strategy submitted in support of discharge ref. 22/00557/DIS.

  Decided 13 Feb 2023 Conditions

1. 12 Jan 2026

   Received by Sunderland

2. 21 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 27 Oct 2026

   Status changed to Unknown

   Previously Current.

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 9 March 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.

This application is with Sunderland for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Sunderland's median decision took 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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