88 Okehampton Drive Houghton-le-Spring DH4 4YB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Erection of first floor side extension over existing garage. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 5 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 4
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 2
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £195,000 in August 2007. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Sunderland
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- DH4 4YB
- Received
- 26 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Houghton
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 May 2026
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 5 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- cummings architects ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 40 days from validation, 11 days faster than Sunderland's median of 51 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Sunderland in the last twelve months, from validation. Sunderland decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14813872
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14813872
- Neighbours
- 31 Mar 2026
- Consultation
- 31 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 21 Apr 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 21 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Sunderland ranks #99 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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