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9 Whitehill Hall Gardens Chester-le-Street Durham DH2 2NE

2/09/00157/TPOTree Preservation OrderWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 30 July 2009

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

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Proposal

Felling of one Holly tree and general works to remove deadwood and lower branches from 10 other trees protected by a Tree Preservation Order.

Received
17 June 2009
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 Whitehill Hall Gardens Chester-le-Street Durham DH2 2NE. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 43 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,689 applications in total for the DH2 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
DH2 2NE
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2009
Consultation expiry
9 July 2009
Consultation start
18 June 2009
Consultation end
9 July 2009
Neighbour consultation start
18 June 2009
Neighbour consultation end
9 July 2009
Last date for comments
9 July 2009
Target decision date
12 August 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    28 Jun

    Felling of 1 No. Noble Fir tree

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/17/02148/TPO
  2. 2017
    6 Feb

    Works to 7 No. trees protected by a TPO

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/17/00385/TPO
  3. 2016
    13 Jun

    Reduce main limb to 1no. Sycamore Tree (covered by TPO CLS-20 Whitehill Hall)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/16/01901/TPO
  4. 2014
    9 Sep

    Reduction works to overhanging branches of 5no. lime, 4no sycamore and 3no beech trees (TPO 20)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/14/02699/TPO
  5. 2011
    24 Oct

    Trimming works to conifer hedges and clean stem from epicormic close to light column no 9721(protected by a…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order2/11/00279/TPO
  6. 2009
    13 Jul

    Crown reduce by 20% of one holly tree, crown thin of variegated holly and remove dead branches of a crab…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order2/09/00191/TPO

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