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Penshaw Hill House Chester Road Shiney Row Houghton-le-Spring SR4 9JX

Awaiting decision Sunderland 26/02302/CLE Lawful development

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the continued siting of existing boundary wall and fence.

As published by the council, reference 26/02302/CLE

Application record

Reference
26/02302/CLE
Category
Lawful development
Status
Current
Received
21 Oct 2026
Validated
21 Oct 2026
Postcode
SR4 9JX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Sunderland register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • 24/00224/FUL Withdrawn

    Penshaw Hill House Chester Road Shiney Row Houghton-le-Spring SR4 9JX

    Erection of a single storey detached building to provide pizza cafe.

    Decided 3 Jun 2024 Full applications
  • 21/01337/FUL Refused

    Penshaw Hill House Chester Road Shiney Row Houghton-Le-Spring SR4 9JX

    Erection of single storey log cabin for temporary use.

    Decided 28 Jul 2021 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Oct 2026

    Received by Sunderland

  2. 4 Nov 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 December 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.

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 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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