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Sunderland City Council
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Sunderland City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

1,147Searchable applications

0Recorded as pending

89%Approval rate · 811 approved or refused records

89Refused applications

722 approved · 89 refused · 21 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Apr 2006 to 18 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas14 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

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More application records

Current26/02048/DIS
Discharge of condition 20 (HMMP (Pre-comm)) attached to planning application 25/01936/PS4 (Part 5 of 7)
Thornhill Academy Thornholme Road Sunderland SR2 7NA
Received 14 Sept 2026
Current26/02049/DIS
Partial discharge of condition 24 (LLFA Verification (Pre-comm)) attached to planning application 25/01936/PS4 (Part 6 of 7)
Thornhill Academy Thornholme Road Sunderland SR2 7NA
Received 14 Sept 2026
Current26/02050/DIS
Discharge of condition 31 (Decommissioning (Pre-comm)) attached to planning application 25/01936/PS4 (Part 7 of 7)
Thornhill Academy Thornholme Road Sunderland SR2 7NA
Received 14 Sept 2026
Current26/02080/DIS
Discharge of condition 4 (Remediation) attached to 25/02065/FUL (Allowed on Appeal (6003444) part 2 of 2
Allotments To Rear Of 34-43 Derwent Street Easington Lane Houghton-le-Spring
Received 17 Sept 2026
Current26/02083/EDIS
Discharge of condition 13 (Verification report) attached to planning application 23/02397/HY4 (Part 2 of 5)
Land East And West Of The Southern Side Of The Northern Spire Bridge And South Of Paul Watson Way, Sunderland
Received 14 Sept 2026
Current26/02084/EDIS
Discharge of condition 32 (CTMP) attached to planning application 23/02397/HY4 (Part 3 of 5)
Land East And West Of The Southern Side Of The Northern Spire Bridge And South Of Paul Watson Way, Sunderland
Received 14 Sept 2026
Current26/02085/EDIS
Discharge of condition 37 (Stopping up details) attached to planning application 23/02397/HY4 (Part 4 of 5)
Land East And West Of The Southern Side Of The Northern Spire Bridge And South Of Paul Watson Way, Sunderland
Received 14 Sept 2026
Current26/02086/EDIS
Discharge of condition 48 (TEMP) attached to planning application 23/02397/HY4 (Part 5 of 5)
Land East And West Of The Southern Side Of The Northern Spire Bridge And South Of Paul Watson Way, Sunderland
Received 14 Sept 2026
Current26/02090/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 37 (Highways CTMP Demolition) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 2 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026
Current26/02091/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 50 (Network Rail Construction Methodology) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 3 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026
Current26/02092/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 51 (Network Rail Construction Work Assess) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 4 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026
Current26/02093/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 52 (Network Rail Ground Investigation) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 5 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026
Current26/02094/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 71 (EA remediation strategy) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 6 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026
Current26/02096/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 72 (EA verification) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 7 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026
Current26/02097/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 73 (EA monitoring and maintenance) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 8 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026
Current26/02099/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 77 (EA scheme of managing boreholes) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 9 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026
Current26/02101/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 80 (Biodiversity CEMP) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 10 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026
Current26/02102/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 86 (Biodiversity invasive non-native species) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 11 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026
Current26/02103/EDIS
Partial discharge of condition 90 (Biodiversity - significant on-site/HMMP) attached to planning application 25/01416/HY3 in relation to Phase 4 (Plot 1) enabling works (Part 12 of 12)
Land At Sheepfolds Industrial Estate Monkwearmouth Sunderland
Received 15 Sept 2026

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Sunderland City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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