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Mowbray Cottage Wheatleywell Lane Plawsworth Chester-le-Street Durham DH2 3LD

2/07/00514/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 8 January 2008

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Proposal

Pruning of one Sycamore tree and one Beech tree protected by Plawsworth TPO 15 July 2005.

Received
22 November 2007
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Mowbray Cottage Wheatleywell Lane Plawsworth Chester-le-Street Durham DH2 3LD. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Plawsworth conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 3LD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2007
Consultation expiry
29 January 2008
Consultation start
8 January 2008
Consultation end
29 January 2008
Neighbour consultation start
26 November 2007
Neighbour consultation end
17 December 2007
Last date for comments
29 January 2008
Target decision date
17 January 2008
Permission expires
8 January 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Plawsworth
  • 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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    31 Oct

    T1 & 2 to be pruned by removing the light branches located close to BT, powerlines and any small diameter…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/23/03278/TPO
  2. 2017
    5 Jan

    Crown reduction by 3m and crown lift to 3m of 1 No. Beech tree protected by a TPO

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/17/00068/TPO
  3. 2012
    26 Oct

    Felling of one beech tree protected by a tree preservation order

    RefusedTree Preservation Order2/12/00268/TPO
  4. 2009
    6 Jul

    Conservation Area Consent for the demolition of an existing two-storey extension and erection of two-storey…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2/09/00183/CON
  5. 2009
    6 Jul

    Demolition of existing 2 storey rear extension and erection of replacement two-storey extension, erection…

    ApprovedPlanning Application2/09/00182/FUL
  6. 2006
    19 Oct

    Removal of existing Beech & Sycamore protected by the Mowbray Cottage Tree Preservation Order.

    WithdrawnTree Preservation Order2/06/00506/TPO

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