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Changing Rooms Belmont Recreation Ground Sunderland Road Gilesgate Durham DH1 2LL

DM/20/02659/PNDPrior Notification DemolitionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 October 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the demolition of the Changing Rooms

Received
14 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Belmont (Historic)
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Changing Rooms Belmont Recreation Ground Sunderland Road Gilesgate Durham DH1 2LL. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,246 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.

89% of outline applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DH1 2LL
Application type
Prior Notification Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Belmont

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2020
Consultation expiry
13 October 2020
Consultation start
22 September 2020
Consultation end
13 October 2020
Target decision date
11 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Durham County Council
Agent address
Regeneration Economy And Growth St Johns Road Meadowfield Meadowfield Durham DH7 8XQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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