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31 Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3ES

3/TC/2011/0017Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 June 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell three scots pine trees

Received
25 May 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received25 May
  2. Validated25 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 31 Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3ES. 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. There has been 1 other application 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 3ES
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 May 2011
Target decision date
5 July 2011
Decision issued
5 July 2011
Permission expires
29 June 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wholetree
Agent address
Mr Richard Caink 35 Runhead Estate Ryton Gateshead Tyne & Wear NE40 3HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: Wolsingham

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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