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A hybrid planning application has been submitted for the new Sheepfolds neighbourhood at Riverside Sunderland.

The Sheepfolds neighbourhood is set be the most populous of four residential communities being created at Riverside Sunderland and on the north side of the river, which will be connected to the city centre by the new Keel Crossing.

The application seeks outline consent for up to 600 new homes, alongside new commercial spaces and a car park, in line with the council’s ambition to re-populate the city centre.

In May, the council confirmed Vistry Group as preferred developer to deliver the Sheepfolds neighbourhood. In addition to seeking outline consent for housing development, the hybrid application also seeks detailed permission to complete the initial phase of site remediation works. If consent is granted, Vistry will start the remediation works in autumn 2025 in readiness for the start of housing development in early spring 2026.

Cllr Kevin Johnston, portfolio holder for housing, regeneration and business at Sunderland City Council, said: “There is a pace to the development programme in this city that sends a clear message to our residents that we deliver what we say we will. The works proposed within the planning application will prepare the site for the first phase of residential development which will be located to the east of the neighbourhood connecting the fantastic new Housing Innovation and Construction Skills Academy (HICSA) with the St Peter’s metro station.”

Riverside Sunderland hopes to transform 32 hectares of brownfield land spanning the River Wear. Sheepfolds is one of four new residential communities that, between them, will deliver 1,000 new homes.

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