Planning application
Durham Bed Centre 21 - 22 Blandford Street Sunderland SR1 3JP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of part of the ground floor retail unit to create 1 self contained residential apartment with external alterations to side and rear elevations.
As published by the council, reference 26/00584/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00584/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 17 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 20 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 7 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Deptford And Hendon
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SR1 3JP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sunderland register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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21/01173/FUL Granted
Durham Bed Centre 21 - 22 Blandford Street Sunderland SR1 3JP
Change of use and conversion to 5 self contained apartments.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Mar 2026
Received by Sunderland
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20 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approved
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Cummings Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Sunderland
Active · incorporated 2015 · Sunderland
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
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Sunderland granted permission on 7 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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