Spectrum Leisure Complex Hunwick Lane Willington Crook DL15 0JA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior notification for the demolition of Spectrum Leisure Centre Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 17 Jun 2026 · Full Delegated · Last checked 2 Aug 2026
Documents 1
Decision & officer reports 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £210,000 in March 2018. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2012, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Durham
- Application type
- Prior Notification Demolition
- Postcode
- DL15 0JA
- Received
- 21 May 2026
- Validated
- 22 May 2026
- Ward
- Willington And Hunwick
- Parish
- Greater Willington
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Reqd and Refused
- Decision date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Full Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 26 days from validation, 37 days faster than Durham's median of 63 for community buildings. Refused, as 4% of community buildings here are.
Plota live figures for community buildings decided by Durham in the last twelve months, from validation. Durham decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 2 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 1 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 22 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 18 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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