13 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AJ
Approved on 20 November 2009
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 flowering cherry - removalT2 leylandi hedge - reduction in height by 1.2M, T3 beech tree - removal, T4 ash tree - removal
- Received
- 15 October 2009
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived15 Oct
- ValidatedValidated15 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Nov
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 13 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AJ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 3AJ
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 October 2009
- Target decision date
- 25 November 2009
- Decision issued
- 25 November 2009
- Permission expires
- 20 November 2011
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Martin Johnson Coatham House 13 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201620 May
Erection of detached garage/store/workshop
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/16/01651/FPA - 201213 Feb
T1 leylandii - fell to ground
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation Area3/TC/2012/0005 - 20064 May
General pruning and thinning reduce canopy by 25%, removal of crossing branches and reduce canopy by 30%…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation Area3/TCA/2006/0005
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