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Plans for new and improved facilities at a Sunderland mosque have been submitted to city development chiefs.

Sunderland City Council’s planning department has received an application for the Hendon Jama Mosque Islamic Society in Salisbury Street.

According to a covering letter submitted to council planning officials, the terraced property has been operating as a mosque since the site was bought in the 1980s.

The site was originally two separate properties which were later joined together, with new plans aiming to “increase internal spaces to allow for more worshippers”.

Hendon Jama Mosque Islamic Society at Salisbury Street, Hendon. Picture: Google Maps — Hendon Jama Mosque Islamic Society at Salisbury Street, Hendon. Picture: Goo

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