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Heighington Hall Church View Heighington NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 6PN

25/00435/TFCTree Felling/Pruning in a Con. AreaApproved

Approved on 2 June 2025

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONSDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Notification to carry out tree works in a designated conservation area, including (T1) Fell 1 No. Small apple tree with cavity in base, (T2) Cherry tree Crown Reduction to allow a 2-3m clearance zone from building, (T3) Fell 1 No. Apple tree, (G1) crown reduction to achieve a 1-2m clearance zone from building

Received
28 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heighington And Coniscliffe
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided2 Jun

Decided in 21 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Heighington Hall Church View Heighington NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 6PN. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 7 days quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the Heighington conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Heighington And Coniscliffe. We hold 132 applications in total for the DL5 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
DL5 6PN
Application type
Tree Felling/Pruning in a Con. Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heighington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2025
Target decision date
19 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alex Walker Tree Care
Agent address
Alex Walker Tree Care Croft Cottage Mordon Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2HD

Planning decision

Statutory period
38 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13973833
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Heighington
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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, 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.

Source: Darlington

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