Plans have been approved for a four-bedroom house despite neighbours’ concerns the development would “block out the sun”.

Sunderland City Council’s planning department has approved an application for land at 2 Boundary Cottages, in the Penshaw and Shiney Row ward.

The site sits near Golf Course Road and Chester Road and was originally an area of garden land associated with a neighbouring property before being sold as a separate parcel of land.

There have been several attempts to redevelop the land for housing over the years, including an application for a three-bed cottage which was refused by the council over concerns about potential impacts on trees and future amenity impacts on people living in the property.

Plans have been approved for four-bedroom home on land near Boundary Cottages, in Shiney Row area. Picture by Google Maps.

placeholder image — Plans have been approved for four-bedroom home on land near Boundary Cottages, in Shiney Row area. Picture by Google Maps.

New plans for the site, from Persepolis Architecture, proposed a large house which sparked objections from neighbours.

A total of six objections were submitted, with several objections from properties on neighbouring street Bowes Lea raising concerns about potential loss of privacy, the negative impact of the build on existing trees and the proposed house being “out of keeping” with the area.

One neighbour commented that the proposed home would “block out the sun in my garden” while another objector said plans would create extra vehicle movements, parking demand and deliveries on a main road where “accessibility is already limited”.

Council planners, however, said the character and amenity of the area would not be “adversely affected” by the house due to its position and the screening provided by trees.

They added the development would “not appear as unacceptably overbearing or cause any significant overshadowing, overlooking or loss of privacy”.

The original proposal was to build a five-bedroom house until plans were amended during the planning process to “address issues with visual and residential amenity.”

The amended proposal now provides a property with three bedrooms to the first floor and a master bedroom, bathroom, and dressing room within the roof space.

For more information, visit the council’s planning portal website and search for reference 26/00452/FUL.

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