Heighington Church Of England Primary School Hopelands Heighington NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 6PH
Approved on 22 August 2025
Council decision: NO OBJECTIONSDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification to carry out works to trees in a designated conservation area - felling of 1 no. ash and removal of dead conifer
- Received
- 15 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Ward
- Heighington And Coniscliffe
- ReceivedReceived15 Jul
- ValidatedValidated15 Jul
- Consult.Consultation18 Aug
- TargetTarget Date22 Aug
- DecidedDecided22 Aug
Decided in 38 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Heighington Church Of England Primary School Hopelands Heighington NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 6PH. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 days quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6PH
- Application type
- Tree Felling/Pruning in a Con. Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Heighington Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 28 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 22 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Teesdale Heritage Trees
- Agent address
- Teesdale Heritage Trees 9 Sudburn Avenue Staindrop Darlington DL2 3JX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 38 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: HeighingtonPart of the site
- 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.
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Source: Darlington
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