Changes to city centre housing scheme approved
BBCRevised plans for a city centre housing development have been approved.
Work has been progressing on the proposals for 75 homes in the Sunniside area of Sunderland, which were given the green light in 2024.
But council-owned regeneration company Siglion applied to amend the scheme, including moving some buildings and changing their height.
Council planners said the amendments were "practical changes to assist in the build-out" and there would still be a "really good development and high-quality scheme".
A cover letter from the developers said landscaping had been "updated to align with technical design solutions and site constraints".
It noted proposed microgrid and battery storage infrastructure had been removed from the scheme and would be replaced by a "conventional substation".
Applicants also applied to relocate several building plots within the site to "avoid utilities", including a commercial block and one residential block.
Other changes include replacing a mechanical ventilation and heat recovery arrangement with trickle vents and scrapping a previously approved acoustic fence.
The site is bound by High Street West, Villiers Street, Coronation Street and Nile Street, and buildings are already starting to take shape, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
The development aims to establish a "creative living and working neighbourhood" and will also include commercial space along High Street West as part of wider plans to improve Sunniside.