Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed8 May 20253357788

3 Holystone Close, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH4 5LE

Planning appeal 3357788 at 3 Holystone Close, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH4 5LE (Sunderland City Council) was dismissed on 8 May 2025 by Inspector Teasdale N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the amenity and character of the area.

change of use from a single residential unit (currently Use Class C3 dwellinghouse) to also allow for use as care / supported living accommodation for up to two people (Use Class C2 - for under 18s) - with no physical or external alterations

Authority
Sunderland City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector
Teasdale N
Postcode
DH4 5LE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the amenity and character of the area
  • The effect of the proposed development on highway safety

What decided it

The unacceptable harm to amenity and character of the area demonstrated by police data showing 25 calls for service in 6 months and 100% of street crime attributed to the property, combined with inadequate parking provision creating highway safety issues.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EN10 of the City of Sunderland Unitary Development Plan, 1998Policy BH1 of the Sunderland City Council Core Strategy and Development Plan 2015-2033, 2020Policy HS1 of the Sunderland City Council Core Strategy and Development Plan 2015-2033, 2020Policy VC5 of the Sunderland City Council Core Strategy and Development Plan 2015-2033, 2020Policy ST2 of the Sunderland City Council Core Strategy and Development Plan 2015-2033, 2020Policy ST3 of the Sunderland City Council Core Strategy and Development Plan 2015-2033, 2020

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

33 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Sunderland

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Allowed25 September 20266004934
    105 Wellburn Road, Washington, NE37 1DD
  2. Dismissed14 September 20266011401
    1 Rothbury, Sunderland, SR2 0BE
  3. Dismissed9 July 20266006595
    Filebase Limited, Filebase House, 3A Stephenson Road, Stephenson, Washington, NE37 3HW
  4. Dismissed30 April 20266003819
    15 Waterloo Place, Sunderland, SR1 3HT
  5. Dismissed22 December 20253371934
    Premier Store, 48 Eglinton Street, Southwick, Sunderland City, SR5 1DT

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.