17 East Green Heighington NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 6PP
Approved on 25 August 2026
Council decision: NO OBJECTIONS
Proposal
Notification to carry out works to 4 no. trees in a designated conservation area - Apple, reduce overall height and lateral branch spread upto 1m, pruning back to suitable growth points, crown thin inner canopy by 20%. Cedar, reduce overall lateral branch spread by 2m in all directions, pruning back to viable secondary growth points. Silver Birch, crown thin overall canopy by 20%, remove major dead, dying, and diseased branches throughout the canopy. Copper Beech, remove major dead, dying, and diseased branches throughout the canopy particularly those overhanging the public highway & reduce overall lateral branch spread by 0.6m, pruning back to suitable growth points
- Received
- 27 July 2026
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- ReceivedReceived27 Jul
- ValidatedValidated27 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided25 Aug
Decided in 29 days
About this application
This is a planning application at 17 East Green Heighington NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 6PP. Darlington has handled 1,371 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 13 days quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the Heighington conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 132 applications in total for the DL5 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- DL5 6PP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 July 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Heighington
- 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
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