Whitehill Hall Chester-le-Street Durham DH2 2NF
Approved on 20 July 2007
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Proposal
Remove top of Horse Chestnut tree within Whitehill TPO 1978
- Received
- 19 April 2007
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived19 Apr
- ValidatedValidated19 Apr
- Consult.Consultation11 May
- TargetTarget Date14 Jun
- DecidedDecided20 Jul
Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Whitehill Hall Chester-le-Street Durham DH2 2NF. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,689 applications in total for the DH2 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
- DH2 2NF
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 April 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 11 May 2007
- Consultation start
- 20 April 2007
- Consultation end
- 11 May 2007
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 June 2007
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 May 2007
- Last date for comments
- 11 May 2007
- Target decision date
- 14 June 2007
- Permission expires
- 20 July 2012
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Ancient woodland: Whitewell Park WoodNext to the site
- 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, 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, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20225 Jan
1. Ash- prune back the overhanging branches growing towards the property by 4m 2. Yew, Rhododendron and…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/22/00009/TPO - 202128 Sep
Ash - prune back the overhanging branches growing towards the property by 4m. Yew, Rhododendron and Purple…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/21/03382/TPO - 202030 Oct
Felling of leaning tree. (CLS-20)
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/20/03210/TPO - 201723 May
Works to 5 No. trees protected by a TPO
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/17/01722/TPO
Source: Durham
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