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St Michaels Church Church Street Bishop Middleham Co Durham DL17 9AF

7/2012/0158/DMTrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 May 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

REMOVAL OF 1NO. SYCAMORE TREE ADJACENT TO BOUNDARY WALL WITHIN THE BISHOP MIDDLEHAM CONSERVATION AREA

Received
24 April 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sedgefield
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Michaels Church Church Street Bishop Middleham Co Durham DL17 9AF. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Middleham conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Sedgefield. We hold 282 applications in total for the DL17 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
DL17 9AF
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2012
Consultation expiry
22 May 2012
Consultation start
1 May 2012
Consultation end
22 May 2012
Neighbour consultation start
1 May 2012
Last date for comments
22 May 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Parish Of The Upper Skerne,The Rectory,2 Durham Road,Sedgefield,Co Durham,TS21 3DW

Additional information

Documents
7

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: Bishop Middleham
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Church of St Michael and All AngelsOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (19)

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, 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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