Housing estate plans for ex-school site
Plans include a mixture of two-to-four-bedroom homes andfourbungalows,alloffered at affordable rent.
The layout of the development will take the form of a cul-de-sac with a single point of access at the junction of Grosvenor Street and Clarence Street.
All properties will have frontandreargardensandtwo parking spaces, with visitor parking peppered around the estate. During consultation, five letters were submitted to the council raising concerns.
This included disruption from construction work, the proximity of the homes to a burial ground associated with thewidergroundsofHolyTrinity Church, and the loss of the play park on the site.
A council report states existing boundary walls to the south and west of the cemetery would be retained with no works taking place within the former graveyard.
The county archaeologist added the former school site has“limitedarchaeologicalpotentialgivenitsprevioususes.”
Noobjectionswerereceived from Nexus, Sport England or councilhighwaysofficers,with councilplannersrecommending the estate for approval.
They state the proposal has “clear benefits in terms of urban regeneration, housing delivery (and) the quantum of affordable housing it will provide.” The report adds: “The proposed development is considered to offer a good quality of design,layoutandlandscaping and is also considered to be acceptable in terms of its impact ontheamenityofexistingresidential dwellings.
“It will also provide future occupiers of the development a good standard of amenity in terms of outlook, privacy and amenity space.”
Thecouncil’sareaDevelopment Control Sub-Committee will discuss the housing plans on March 3.
The meeting starts at 3.45pm at Sunderland Civic Centre and is open to the public.