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25/02354/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use from agricultural land to dog walking field with boundary fencing. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:54

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Application progress

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Received

14 Oct 2025

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Validated

13 Mar 2026

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Consultation

14 May 2026

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Approved

17 Jun 2026

Approved on 17 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 27

Associated applications 2

FullApproved17 Jun 202625/02354/FULThis application
Change of use from agricultural land to dog walking field with boundary fencing.
Conditions 6 discharged
- ConditionsDischarge of condition 6 E-CEMP22 Jul 202626/01514/DIS

Site constraints 5

Green belt: Tyne and Wear

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; National infrastructure project 1870 m away: A1 Birtley to Coal House Improvement Scheme.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, 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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Discharge of condition 6 E-CEMP attached to planning application 25/02354/FUL

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Important details

Council: Sunderland
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: NE9 7NR
Received: 14 Oct 2025
Validated: 13 Mar 2026
Ward: Washington West
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 May 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 17 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 96 days from validation, 24 days slower than Sunderland's median of 72 for changes of use. Approved, as 72% of changes of use here are.

This one96d

Council72d

UK56d

36%decided within 8 weeks

72%approved

7%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Sunderland in the last twelve months, from validation. Sunderland decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours: 14 May 2026
Consultation: 14 May 2026
Comments by: 4 Jun 2026
Site or press notice: 20 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 8 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved

24 Heugh Hill Springwell Gateshead NE9 7NR

Proposed two storey extension to side.

22/00292/FUL 30 Mar 2022

2020 Approved

8 Heugh Hill Springwell Gateshead NE9 7NR

Erection of a single storey rear extension. (Extends 3.3m from the original dwelling, 3.6…

20/01053/PRI 5 Aug 2020

2020 Approved

8 Heugh Hill Springwell Gateshead NE9 7NR

Erection of a single storey rear extension. (Extends 3.3m from the original dwelling, 3.6…

20/00463/PRI 24 Apr 2020

2020 Approved

39 Uplands Way Springwell Gateshead NE9 7NQ

Erection of a single storey rear extension. (Extends 4m from the original dwelling, 2.7m…

20/00111/PRI 20 Feb 2020

2018 Approved

94 Heugh Hill Springwell Gateshead NE9 7NS

Erection of porch to front an insertion of driveway to front garden (amended description…

18/00165/FUL 18 Jun 2018

2016 Approved

35 Aldsworth Close Springwell Village Gateshead NE9 7PF

Conversion of existing garage into family room with pitched roof and bow window to front.

16/01514/FUL 10 Oct 2016

Sunderland

Planning Authority Score

6.2/10

Average

#94 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

Uplands Way Heugh Hill Springwell Gateshead Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 27

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 6

Plans & drawings 5

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 7

Other documents 6

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 5

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Consultation & key dates

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