St Michaels Church Church Street Bishop Middleham
Approved on 24 February 2016
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Removal of deadwood from ash (T1); removal of elder (T2); 25% reduction and removal of deadwood of horse chestnut (T3); reduction of lowest limb over garden by 1m & 10% thin, reduce all other overhanging limbs by 1-2m and removal of deadwood of sycamore (T4): reduce overhang by 2 m of sycamore (T5), reduce overhang of sycamore by 1m of sycamore (T6) and crown raise by 2.4m of beech (T7)
- Received
- 6 January 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Bishop Middleham and Cornforth
- ReceivedReceived6 Jan
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Feb
- TargetTarget Date24 Feb
- DecidedDecided24 Feb
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Michaels Church Church Street Bishop Middleham. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Middleham conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address.
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
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishop Middleham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 January 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 11 February 2016
- Consultation start
- 21 January 2016
- Consultation end
- 11 February 2016
- Last date for comments
- 11 February 2016
- Target decision date
- 24 February 2016
- Permission expires
- 24 February 2018
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bishop Middleham
- Listed building: Grade II: Burrall Tomb Circa 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St MichaelOn or next to this site · +2 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202310 Jul
Remove deadwood to Weeping Ash (T5), fell Cherry (T16), remove deadwood and hanging branches to 2no…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/23/02036/TCA - 202217 Oct
1. Fell and remove Ash tree no30 2. Prune large dead limbs from Ash tree no 5 3. Adjust bracing on Ash tree…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/22/03041/TCA - 201922 Jul
Felling of 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/19/02477/TCA - 201921 Jun
15-20% crown reduction of 1 no. Cherry tree
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/19/01983/TCA
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