New Sunderland recycling centre plans to be submitted this week

Plans to create a new recycling centre in Sunderland are due to be submitted to the council this week.

Sunderland’s new Household Waste Recycling Centre is set to take a “significant” step forward with a planning application for its new site on the Pallion Industrial Estate due to be submitted in the next few days.

The City Council is looking to relocate its current Beach Street centre in Deptford to the former Rolls Royce site at Pallion.

If the plans are approved, construction will begin on the new site late this summer, and is expected to be completed by Spring 2021.

Councillor Michael Mordey, Deputy Leader of Sunderland City Council and Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, said: “The submission of the planning application is a major step forward in our plans to provide residents with a much improved Household Waste and Recycling centre.

“Residents have told us that they want to see better household waste recycling facilities. We have taken this on board with our plans for this fantastic new centre.

“Although Beach Street remains hugely popular, with more than 14,000 appointments booked since it reopened to the public last month, anyone who has used it recently will recognise that it desperately needs replacing with something that is both bigger and better than the current site.

“The investment in the new centre ties in with our ambitious City Plan which is all about Sunderland becoming a more dynamic, healthy and vibrant city by 2030.

“Subject to planning permission, the new site will provide for the city’s bulky waste recycling needs well into the future as the city continues to grow and will cater for any future recycling opportunities.”