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Plots 4 And 5/Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland

Awaiting decision Sunderland 26/01578/LR4 Reserved Matter (Reg 4)

Relates to 25/01416/HY3

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Proposal

Reserved matters application for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale relating to 102 no. dwellings with parking, landscaping and associated works on Phase 1B (Plots 4 and 5), following approval of hybrid application Ref: 25/01416/HY3

As published by the council, reference 26/01578/LR4

Application record

Reference
26/01578/LR4
Type
Reserved Matter (Reg 4)
Status
Current
Received
17 Jul 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Southwick

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Jul 2026

    Received by Sunderland

  2. 3 Aug 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 September 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 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 25/01416/HY3 Granted

    Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland

    Hybrid planning application consisting of full planning permission for the demolition of 38 No. industrial units (part retrospective) and for enabling works to facilitate the development of Plots 4 and 5; and outline planning permission (all matters reserved except for access) for the proposed phased development of up to 456 homes for residential accommodation, aparthotel (Use Class C1), mobility hub (Sui Generis), up to a maximum of 6560 sqm of Use Class E(g)(i) offices, and up to maximum of 883 sqm of one or more of the following: financial/professional/commercial services (Use Class E(c)), medical / health services (Use Class E(e)), and nursery/creche/day centre (Use Class E(f)) with the phased delivery of retail use Class E(a) and restaurant/café (Use Class E(b)) distributed across the site as follows: Phase 1a and 1b (mobility hub) up to a maximum of 100 sqm; Phase 2 up to a maximum of 116 sqm; Phase 3 up to a maximum of 116 sqm; Phase 4 up to a maximum of 1536 sqm (between 4 and 12 No. units) and Phase 5 up to a maximum of 511 sqm, associated infrastructure and mitigation.

    Decided 3 Jul 2026

Documents

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

107 documents on file for this application

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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's median decision took 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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