3 Larkspur Drive Darlington DL1 1HX
Approved on 27 March 2026
Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order 1986 (No.5) - 2 no. Lawson Cypress crown reduction 3-4m, crown lift upto 3m and prune back over hanging branches over neighbouring garden to boundary wall
- Received
- 4 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Ward
- Stephenson
- ReceivedReceived4 Feb
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation4 Mar
- TargetTarget Date28 Mar
- DecidedDecided27 Mar
Decided in 51 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at 3 Larkspur Drive Darlington DL1 1HX. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 9 days longer than Darlington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Stephenson. 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DL1 1HX
- Application type
- Tree Felling/Pruning
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Darlington Urban Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 11 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 16 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 5 March 2026
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 (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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