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3 Ropner Gardens Middleton St George Darlington DL2 1FB

26/00220/TFCTree Felling/Pruning in a Con. AreaApproved

Approved on 22 April 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONSDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification to carry out works to trees in a designated Conservation Area - Felling of 1-no. Maple Tree (T1) and the pollarding of 1-no. Sycamore Tree (T2) (amended description).

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Sadberge And Middleton St George
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Ropner Gardens Middleton St George Darlington DL2 1FB. Darlington has handled 97 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 8 days longer than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the Middleton One Row conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Sadberge And Middleton St George. We hold 888 applications in total for the DL2 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
DL2 1FB
Application type
Tree Felling/Pruning in a Con. Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Middleton St George Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Consultation expiry
3 April 2026
Consultation start
13 March 2026
Consultation end
3 April 2026
Last date for comments
3 April 2026
Target decision date
19 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AJB TREE CONTRACTORS
Agent address
AJB Tree Contractors 48 Eggleston View Darlington DL3 9SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
38 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14748238
Documents
5
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Middleton One Row
  • 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, 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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