New demolition plans submitted for Sheepfolds Industrial Estate as Sunderland regeneration plans continue
New demolition plans submitted for Sheepfolds Industrial Estate v.1
New demolition plans at a Sunderland industrial estate to help progress council-led city centre regeneration have been submitted to development chiefs.
Sunderland City Council’s planning department has received an application to bulldoze another building in the Sheepfolds Industrial Estate.
A number of planning approvals have been issued by the council in recent months for demolitions, as part of wider regeneration plans for the Sheepfolds area.
The area has already welcomed the Sheepfolds Stables hospitality venue offering new restaurants, and wider public realm improvements are planned along with future plans to create a huge new housing development.
Demolition plans at Sheepfolds so far have covered factory units and a former fish and chip shop, and buildings once linked to printing giant Edward Thompson, as well as proposed demolitions of buildings at Stobart Street and Hay Street.
The latest demolition proposal at Wilson Street North is part of the council’s wider redevelopment plan and will be decided by council planning officers in coming weeks.
A planning application describes the site as “the Mini Place Edward Thompson site” and “former Ed Thompson maintenance”.
Demolition is proposed to start from January 1, 2025, subject to planning approval and would take around one month to complete.
The planning application describes the site as a ‘single-storey open plan garage area’ and adds proposed demolition is linked to “redevelopment and regeneration”.
The planning application adds: “A timber birdsmouth fence is to be erected to the perimeter of the site to prevent unauthorised access.
“All footpaths to the perimeter of the site will be made good to highway standards, with foundations and brickwork being retained, where required, to ensure the footpaths and highways remain structurally stable.
“Any voids within the site [will] be backfilled and compacted with site won contaminate free hardcore”.
As part of works to transform the Sheepfolds area, phased demolition has been taking place with a number of planning applications approved in recent months to bulldoze old factory units and industrial units.
In a previous update to city councillors, council development chiefs said businesses based at the industrial estate were being supported to relocate as demolition and public realm works progress.
Demolition plans for the Mini Place at Wilson Street North will be decided once a period of council consultation has concluded.
Sunderland City Council’s planning department lists a decision deadline of December 3, 2024.
For more information on the application or to track its progress, visit the council’s planning portal website and search reference: 24/02263/DEM