Chapel Bishopwearmouth Cemetery Chester Road Sunderland SR4 7RS Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Provide insulation and improve strength of existing roof, reinstate the original stained glass, remove modern concrete floors and replace with a Limecrete floor, masonry repairs and repair south gable wall plaster. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 12 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Sunderland Planning and Highways Committee on 10 Jun 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised granting consent because the works would repair and conserve the listed chapel and support its return to use.
- Councillors raised concerns about construction traffic, funerals, noise, dust, waste and activity near graves and war graves.
- The committee unanimously granted listed building consent, subject to the listed conditions and an update to Condition 2.
Source: Plota analysis of Sunderland's committee minutes of 10 Jun 2026.
Documents 28
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 14
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 7
Site constraints 3
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Important details
- Council
- Sunderland
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent (Reg3)
- Postcode
- SR4 7RS
- Received
- 7 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 9 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Pallion And Ford
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 4 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 12 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Beaumont Brown Architects LLP
How this decision compares
Decided in 64 days from validation, 8 days slower than Sunderland's median of 56 for listed building consent. Approved, as 92% of listed building consent here are.
Plota live figures for listed building consent decided by Sunderland in the last twelve months, from validation. Sunderland decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14839047
- Consultation
- 9 Apr 2026
- Site or press notice
- 10 Apr 2026
- Committee
- 10 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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