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Spectrum Leisure Complex Hunwick Lane Willington Crook DL15 0JA

DM/26/01300/PNDPrior Notification DemolitionRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 17 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Reqd and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior Notification for the demolition of Spectrum Leisure Centre

Received
21 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Willington And Hunwick
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target18 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Spectrum Leisure Complex Hunwick Lane Willington Crook DL15 0JA. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Willington And Hunwick. We hold 698 applications in total for the DL15 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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Why it was refused

  1. The prior approval of the authority WILL in this instance be required to determine whether the demolition will have an adverse impact upon protected species or the trees in close proximity to the building. The following further details are therefore needed which have not been received: o Bat and Breeding Bird Risk Assessment. o Arboricultural Impact Assessment. o Arboricultural Method Statement. o Tree Protection Plan. On the basis of insufficient information, Prior Approval is therefore required and refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
DL15 0JA
Application type
Prior Notification Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Willington

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2026
Consultation expiry
22 June 2026
Consultation start
1 June 2026
Consultation end
22 June 2026
Target decision date
18 June 2026
Permission expires
17 June 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    26 Oct

    Prior notification for the demolition of Spectrum Leisure Centre

    PendingApplicationDM/26/02828/PND

Source: Durham

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