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23/00995/TFTree Felling/PruningApproved

Approved on 8 November 2023

Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Works to trees protected under Tree Preservation Order (No.9) 1976 - Birch (T32) prune out any dead, diseased and damaged branches, Sweet Chestnut (T35) prune out dead, diseased and crossing branches

Received
6 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
College
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 33 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Grounds Of College Court Flats College Court Darlington. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 9 days quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the West End conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across College.

98% of trees applications at Darlington Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Tree Felling/Pruning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2023
Consultation expiry
7 November 2023
Consultation start
16 October 2023
Consultation end
6 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 November 2023
Last date for comments
7 November 2023
Target decision date
27 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wigin Landscaping Lara Cottage Ingleby Arncliffe Northallerton DL6 3LY

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 October 2023
Site notice end
7 November 2023

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West End
  • Heritage at Risk Register: West End
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

© 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.

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