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5 Sheephill Burnopfield Ne16 6na

1/2012/0546/85227Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 November 2012

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Felling of two apple trees protected by a conservation area (section 211 notice)

Received
5 October 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received5 Oct
  2. Validated5 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided15 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Sheephill Burnopfield Ne16 6na. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnopfield conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 6NA
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 October 2012
Target decision date
15 November 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Burnopfield
  • 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, 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.

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: Durham

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