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27 Blackwell Lane Darlington DL3 8QF

25/01175/TFTree Felling/PruningApproved

Approved on 1 December 2025

Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to 1 No. Chestnut tree protected under Tree Preservation Order (No.3) 1967 - Crown reduce by 15% and remove 2 No. large branches and deadwood

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park West
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 35 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 27 Blackwell Lane Darlington DL3 8QF. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 7 days quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Park West. 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 8QF
Application type
Tree Felling/Pruning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
24 November 2025
Consultation start
29 October 2025
Consultation end
19 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 November 2025
Last date for comments
25 November 2025
Target decision date
18 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
A Jackson Treecare 158 Barmpton Lane Darlington DL1 3HF

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 November 2025
Site notice end
24 November 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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