Land Off A690/ Mercantile Road Rainton Meadows Houghton Le Spring Data via plota.co.uk

25/02584/DIS - Discharge of Planning Condition(s) Refused

Proposal

Discharge of condition 18 (Highways 2 - Detailed Design (Pre occup)) attached to (Part 3 of 3) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

3 Nov 2025

✓

Consultation

6 Nov 2025

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Refused

10 Dec 2025

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Appeal dismissed

7 Apr 2026

Refused on 10 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Documents 11

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 9 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council: Sunderland
Application type: Discharge of Planning Condition(s)
Received: 3 Nov 2025
Validated: 3 Nov 2025
Ward: Hetton
Parish: Hetton Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Dec 2025
Decision: Refuse
Decision date: 10 Dec 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Appeal: Dismissed · 7 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004531 ↗
Applicant: Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14458584
Planning Portal ref: PP-14458584
Consultation: 6 Nov 2025
Comments by: 27 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry: 31 Dec 2025
Env. assessment: No

Sunderland

Planning Authority Score

6.2/10

Average

#94 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Sunderland decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

91%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #101 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #119 of 296

73%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #99 of 296

37%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #123 of 296

85%

Minor dwellings approved

34 decided (1-9 homes)

84%

Major dwellings approved

19 decided (10+ homes)

66%

Change of use approved

58 decided

581

Total decisions

54 refused in the year to March 2026

Land Off A690/ Mercantile Road Rainton Meadows Houghton Le Spring Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 7

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Site constraints 4

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