County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington Memorial Hospital Hollyhurst Road Darlington DL3 6HX
Approved on 5 March 2026
Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Works to various trees protected under Tree Preservation Orders No.11 2010; No.12 2007; and No. 8 2010 as per supporting Arboricultural report including the felling of the 2-No. Ash Trees (T.922 & T.925) and 2-No. Whitebeam Trees (T.967 & T.970), together with crown reduction and crown lifting works (amended description).
- Received
- 9 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Ward
- Pierremont
- Agent
- Batson Groundcare Ltd
- ReceivedReceived9 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date2 Mar
- DecidedDecided5 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington Memorial Hospital Hollyhurst Road Darlington DL3 6HX. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Pierremont. 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 6HX
- Application type
- Tree Felling/Pruning
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Darlington Urban Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Batson Groundcare Ltd
- Agent address
- Unit 1 Inkerman Road Tow Law DL13 4QB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 21 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 11 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14611353
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 76
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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 Oct
Works to trees protected under Tree Preservation Orders No. 8 2010; No. 3 2009; and No. 1 2011 - crown raise…
PendingTree Felling/Pruning26/01026/TF - 202619 Aug
Notification under Electronic Communications Code (Reg 5) of intention to install 6 no. antennas on new…
ApprovedApplication26/00817/TCN - 20265 Feb
Removal of existing channel glazing and temporary scaffold support and installation of replacement rendered…
ApprovedApplication26/00128/FUL - 20255 Dec
Prior Approval application for the Installation of an additional 211.50 kWp Solar PV system featuring 470 no…
ApprovedApplication25/01343/PA
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