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Coatham House 13 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AJ

3/TCA/2006/0005Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 July 2006

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

General pruning and thinning reduce canopy by 25%, removal of crossing branches and reduce canopy by 30%, reduce hedge height by approximately 0.8M

Received
4 May 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received4 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Coatham House 13 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AJ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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 3AJ
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2006
Consultation expiry
15 June 2006
Consultation start
25 May 2006
Target decision date
4 July 2006
Decision issued
4 July 2006
Permission expires
3 July 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Martin Johnson Coatham House 13 Rectory Lane Wolsingham County Durham DL13 3AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 May 2006
Site notice end
15 June 2006

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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