Skip to content

Secret Garden Day Nursery 50 Haughton Green Darlington DL1 2DF

25/01410/TFCTree Felling/Pruning in a Con. AreaApproved

Approved on 2 February 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONSDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification to fell 5 No. Cotoneaster Trees in a designated Conservation Area.

Received
24 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Haughton And Springfield
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 26 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Secret Garden Day Nursery 50 Haughton Green Darlington DL1 2DF. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days. The site is in the Haughton-le-Skerne conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
DL1 2DF
Application type
Tree Felling/Pruning in a Con. Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
2 February 2026
Consultation start
12 January 2026
Consultation end
2 February 2026
Last date for comments
2 February 2026
Target decision date
14 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Sylvan Grove Darlington DL3 8PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
38 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Haughton-le-Skerne
  • Listed building: Grade II: 50, Haughton GreenOn this 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near DL1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address