5 The Rookery Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne Ne16 6hb
Approved on 6 December 2005
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Reduce height and prune branches of one sycamore tree (tpo 65)
- Received
- 10 November 2005
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Burnopfield and Dipton
- ReceivedReceived10 Nov
- ValidatedValidated10 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date4 Jan
- DecidedDecided6 Dec
Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 5 The Rookery Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne Ne16 6hb. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,520 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.
90% of trees applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- NE16 6HB
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 November 2005
- Target decision date
- 4 January 2006
- Committee meeting
- 15 December 2005
- Decision issued
- 12 December 2005
- Permission expires
- 6 December 2007
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- D & A E Hope
- Agent address
- D & A E Hope 5 The Rookery Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne Ne16 6hb
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 November 2005
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201214 Dec
Felling of one sycamore tree protected by tpo 65.
ApprovedTree Preservation Order1/2012/0649/85661 - 20118 Dec
Crown reduce and reshape by 20% (approximately 4-5M) of one sycamore tree in rear garden area (labelled T1)…
RefusedTree Preservation Order1/2011/0641/83648 - 20009 Aug
Reduce height and prune branches of sycamore tree (TPO-065
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation Area1/2000/0534
Source: Durham
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