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25 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3DE

3/TPO/2006/0012Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 25 October 2006

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Crown thin (not reduce) 2 holly oak trees by 20%

Received
7 September 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Agent
Batson Environment & Leisure Ltd
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided25 Oct

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 25 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3DE. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,945 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 3DE
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2006
Consultation expiry
13 October 2006
Consultation start
22 September 2006
Target decision date
1 November 2006
Committee meeting
30 October 2006
Decision issued
31 October 2006
Permission expires
25 October 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent
Batson Environment & Leisure Ltd
Agent address
Nathan Hopkins Unit 1 Inkerman Road Tow Law Crook County Durham

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 September 2006
Advertisement expiry
13 October 2006
Site notice start
22 September 2006
Site notice end
13 October 2006

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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