18 East Green Heighington NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 6PP
Approved on 11 February 2026
Council decision: NO OBJECTIONSDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Notification to carry out works to a tree in a designated conservation area - felling of 1 no. conifer
- Received
- 12 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Ward
- Heighington And Coniscliffe
- ReceivedReceived12 Jan
- ValidatedValidated12 Jan
- Consult.Consultation12 Feb
- TargetTarget Date19 Feb
- DecidedDecided11 Feb
Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at 18 East Green Heighington NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 6PP. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the Heighington conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Heighington And Coniscliffe. We hold 132 applications in total for the DL5 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
- DL5 6PP
- Application type
- Tree Felling/Pruning in a Con. Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Heighington Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 22 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 12 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 38 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 18
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Heighington
- Listed building: Grade II: Garden Wall and Gate Piers South of Number 16 and Number 18On this site · +2 more
- 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.
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Darlington
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