Alongside Cemetery Wall St Thomas S Roman Catholic Church Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AL
Approved on 19 December 2005
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
4 ash trees. Lift lower limbs overhanging cemetery
- Received
- 12 October 2005
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived12 Oct
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date28 Dec
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Alongside Cemetery Wall St Thomas S Roman Catholic Church Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AL. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the DL13 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
- DL13 3AL
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2005
- Consultation expiry
- 13 December 2005
- Target decision date
- 28 December 2005
- Permission expires
- 19 December 2005
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- J G Shell 61 Ridgely Drive Ponteland Newcastle Upon Tyne
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 November 2005
- Site notice end
- 13 December 2005
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wolsingham
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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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