Plans for homes on the Vaux site could be submitted in 2020

Sunderland City Council has confirmed that residential schemes for the former brewery are being worked on Housing plans for the Vaux site could be submitted next year.Bosses at Sunderland City Council admitted on Tuesday that residential schemes for the former brewery are being worked on.However, it is not clear how many homes could be built, or when construction might start.Joanne Scott, a senior planner with Sunderland City Council, was taking questions on the city’s development plans up to 2033.Siglion hit the headlines last week after it was revealed the firm, originally set up as a partnership between the city council and fallen construction giant Carillion to lead regeneration projects, was now ‘wholly owned’ by the council.The first phase of regeneration on the Vaux site finished earlier this year with the completion of the BEAM office building.Planning permission has also been granted for a new ‘City Hall’ on the site, intended to replace Sunderland Civic Centre as the city council’s HQ, as well as housing offices for other ‘public sector partners’.According to Siglion’s website, ‘up to 19 separate buildings or blocks’ could be built on the 5.5 hectare site.This adds the site has space for more than 200 homes, which would most likely be built in the site’s north west corner, with ‘fantastic views over the Wear’.The draft Core Strategy and Development Plan covers proposals to boost housing, jobs, business, leisure and services in the city up to 2033.Following its approval by city councillors last year, last month an examination-in-public started to test whether the plan is fit for purpose.The policy targets building 13,410 homes by 2033 – an average of 745 every year over the life of the plan.Sunderland City Council has been contacted for more information.