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Grounds Of College Court Flats Cleveland Avenue Darlington DL3 7RB

25/00040/TFTree Felling/PruningApproved

Approved on 12 February 2025

Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to 1 No. Lime Tree (T37) protected under Tree Preservation Order (No.9) 1976 - remove lower limb to provide clearance over access to College Court Flats

Received
15 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
College
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Grounds Of College Court Flats Cleveland Avenue Darlington DL3 7RB. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 2 weeks quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the West End conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across College. We hold 387 applications in total for the DL3 postcode area.

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

Postcode
DL3 7RB
Application type
Tree Felling/Pruning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2025
Consultation expiry
11 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2025
Last date for comments
11 February 2025
Target decision date
14 March 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
20

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    15 Jan

    Works to 1 No. Lime Tree (T37) protected under Tree Preservation Order (No.9) 1976 - remove lower limb to…

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/00040/TF
  2. 2025
    15 Jan

    Works to 1 No. Sweet Chestnut Tree (T36) protected under Tree Preservation Order (No.9) 1976 - remove limb to…

    ApprovedTree Felling/PruningFiled alongside25/00041/TF

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