9 Wheeldale Close Darlington DL1 2TL
Approved on 10 October 2025
Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order 1996 (No.3) 1 no. Silver Birch (T1) 2m reduction in height, 1m reduction over extended limbs around the rest of the canopy to balance and reshape, 1 no. Silver Birch (T2) 1m crown reduction over extended limbs only to reshape and balance, 1 no. Cherry 1.5m crown reduction on north and western sides to overextended limbs to balance and reshape.
- Received
- 4 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Ward
- Haughton And Springfield
- Agent
- We Care Tree Care Arboricultural Services
- ReceivedReceived4 Sep
- ValidatedValidated4 Sep
- Consult.Consultation2 Oct
- TargetTarget Date26 Oct
- DecidedDecided10 Oct
Decided in 36 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at 9 Wheeldale Close Darlington DL1 2TL. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 6 days quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Haughton And Springfield. We hold 333 applications in total for the DL1 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
- DL1 2TL
- Application type
- Tree Felling/Pruning
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Darlington Urban Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 11 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 2 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 2 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 26 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- We Care Tree Care Arboricultural Services
- Agent address
- We Care Tree Care Arboricultural Services 1 Napier Court Ferryhill DL17 8PZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14297037
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 22
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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