28 Queens Road Blackhill County Durham Dh8 0bl
Approved on 11 August 2008
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Felling of one laurel tree, one spruce tree, one cherry tree and remedial pruning of one yew tree, one maple tree, one sycamore tree and one horse chestnut tree and five sycamore trees and crown lifting of one sycamore (tpo 171)
- Received
- 8 May 2008
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Benfieldside
- ReceivedReceived8 May
- ValidatedValidated29 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Jul
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 28 Queens Road Blackhill County Durham Dh8 0bl. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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
- DH8 0BL
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 May 2008
- Target decision date
- 9 July 2008
- Decision issued
- 14 August 2008
- Permission expires
- 11 August 2010
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 10 June 2008
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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202022 Jun
Change of use from C3 (dwelling house) to C2 (residential institution) Childrens Home to accommodate 4…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/20/01596/FPA - 20183 Dec
HC1 - Remove low epicormic only, UK3 Sycamore - Remove epicormic growth growing towards ABC cables only, UK…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/18/03677/TPO
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