Darlington College: New Learning Park

The Scheme

The Darlington College of Technology appointed a contractor to build a £33 million state of the art Learning Park at Haughton Road, on part of the Central Park development site. The learning complex includes a young peoples' centre; university centre; sports & leisure complex; food court & restaurant; hair & beauty salons; health & childcare centre; technology centre for engineering, construction and computing and hi-tech media centre including design, television and radio stations.

A drawing showing the proposed site layout in 3-D can be seen here:

3-D SITE LAYOUT DRAWING
(PDF file, new window)

This scheme is part of the Central Park development.

Progress

Installation of underground cabling was completed in March 2005. Building works commenced in February 2005 and is largely complete. The new college opened in late-August 2006.

Associated Planning Applications

Planning applications associated with the scheme are as follows:

Date	Brief Description	Reference No.	Application Details	Committee Report
01/02/2004	Development of the site to provide a new college of education with associated car parking, playing fields, external works and access from Haughton Road.	04/00143/FULE	Decision details (new window)	Report 02/06/2004 (PDF file, new window) [see pages 2-19]
22/07/2004	Erection of 2 advertisement hoardings.	04/00845/ADV	Decision details (new window)	-
20/10/2004	Variation to resite main college building and relocate sports hall, etc.	04/01128/FUL	Decision details (new window)	-
04/08/2006	Construction of pedestrian/cycle bridge over east coast main line to provide improved access to new Darlington College with associated landscaping works.	06/00739/DC	Decision details (new window)	-

The existing college site in Cleveland Avenue has been granted various permissions for residential development with associated open space.