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

Refused Sunderland 26/01023/AM1 Non Material Amendment to Full Permisson

Relates to 23/01209/REM

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference 26/01023/AM1

Application record

Reference
26/01023/AM1
Type
Non Material Amendment to Full Permisson
Status
Decided
Decision
Refuse
Received
7 May 2026
Validated
7 May 2026
Decided
17 Jul 2026
Ward
Herrington And Newbottle
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Sunderland register

This site has had 15 applications since 2021: 10 approved, 3 refused.

  • 26/00078/EDIS 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
  • 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

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 May 2026

    Received by Sunderland

  2. 17 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 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

Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Sunderland refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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