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85 Carmel Road North Darlington DL3 8RJ

25/01351/TFTree Felling/PruningApproved

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Fell 12 No. Austrian Pine trees protected under Group Tree Preservation Order (No.3) 1962

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hummersknott
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 72 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 85 Carmel Road North Darlington DL3 8RJ. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 4 weeks longer than Darlington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Hummersknott. 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 8RJ
Application type
Tree Felling/Pruning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Consultation expiry
6 January 2026
Consultation start
15 December 2025
Consultation end
5 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
5 January 2026
Last date for comments
6 January 2026
Target decision date
30 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 December 2025
Site notice end
6 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
29

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.

Source: Darlington

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