Council approves plans to build 135 new homes in Easington Lane
Councillors have voted unanimously to approve plans to build new homes in the village of Easington Lane, on land where the former Forest Estate once stood.
Sunderland City Council planning and highways committee approved detailedplans submitted by Bellway North East for a new development of 135 homes on the 12-acre site to the south of Murton Lane, subject to a planning agreement being finalised.
The housebuilder plans to deliver 21 two-bedroom houses, 58 three-bedroom properties and 56 four-bedroom homes on the site, which has largely been disused since the demolition of the estate in the 2000s.