Mowbray Villas Mowbray Road Sunderland SR2 7EA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Conversion of former offices to thirty studio rooms for student accommodation with associated external works including window and door alterations/ refurbishments. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 22 Jul 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 29 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Sunderland Planning and Highways Committee on 20 Jul 2026. Earlier deferred on 30 Mar 2026.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because the site is outside the Urban Core and the required need and site evidence was not provided.
- Supporters said student accommodation was needed and would restore a vacant, vandalised Victorian building.
- The committee refused planning permission in line with the officer recommendation.
Source: Plota analysis of Sunderland's committee minutes of 20 Jul 2026.
Documents 64
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 15
Plans & drawings 11
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 15
Other documents 19
Site constraints 7
Checked on 2 November 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Sunderland
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- SR2 7EA
- Received
- 4 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 19 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Deptford And Hendon
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 31 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Refuse
- Decision date
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Goldline Architectural Limited
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 215 days from validation, 159 days slower than Sunderland's median of 56 for full applications. Refused, as 9% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Sunderland in the last twelve months, from validation. Sunderland decision record →
Public comments
60% object · below the UK average of 74%
14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 29 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14540749
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14540749
- Neighbours
- 23 Dec 2025
- Consultation
- 23 Dec 2025
- Comments by
- 3 Feb 2026
- Site or press notice
- 23 Dec 2025
- Committee
- 20 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 13 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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