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The Hotts Hotts Lane Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1HB

DM/16/00237/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 9 February 2016

Council decision: Raise ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 Sycamore - crown reduce by 3m in conservation area

Received
22 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.15 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Hotts Hotts Lane Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1HB. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 5 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and West Blackdene conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,943 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 1HB
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanhope

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2016
Consultation expiry
15 February 2016
Consultation start
25 January 2016
Consultation end
15 February 2016
Target decision date
3 March 2016
Decision issued
10 February 2016
Permission expires
10 February 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Prestige Tree Surgery
Agent address
Prestige Tree Surgery 1 Littletown Farm Cottages Littletown County Durham DH6 1AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04774209
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and West Blackdene
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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