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25/02953/BGP - Biodiversity Gain Condition Approved

Proposal

Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan condition (controlled under Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)) relating to planning application Ref: . Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 15:52

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Application progress

✓

Received

23 Dec 2025

✓

Consultation

2 Jan 2026

✓

Approved

19 Feb 2026

✗

Appeal dismissed

28 May 2026

Approved on 19 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 8

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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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

National infrastructure project 873 m away: A1 Birtley to Coal House Improvement Scheme

The site is 873 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Scheduled monument 185 m away: Bowes Railway; Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Gateshead built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building 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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Important details

Council: Sunderland
Application type: Biodiversity Gain Condition
Received: 23 Dec 2025
Validated: 23 Dec 2025
Ward: Washington West
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Feb 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 19 Feb 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Appeal: Dismissed · 28 May 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6005234 ↗
Applicant: Show
Agent: Lichfields

How this decision compares

Decided in 58 days from validation, 12 days slower than Sunderland's median of 46 for other. Approved, as 83% of other here are.

This one58d

Council46d

UK50d

67%decided within 8 weeks

83%approved

23%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14541746
Planning Portal ref: PP-14541746
Consultation: 2 Jan 2026
Comments by: 23 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry: 20 Feb 2026
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