35 Handley Cross Medomsley Consett DH8 6TZ
Proposal
Crown reduce and reshape by 1.5 metres and crown lift to 3 metres of one Beech tree, Crown reduce and reshape by 2.5 metres of one Sycamore and two Beech trees, Crown reduce and reshape by 3 metres and remove two lowest branches of one Sycamore tree/ (TPO 160)
- Received
- 30 March 2016
- Decided
- 11 May 2016 · Approved
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Leadgate and Medomsley
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details
This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.
- ReceivedReceived30 Mar
- ValidatedValidated31 Mar
- Consult.Consultation29 Apr
- TargetTarget Date26 May
- DecidedDecided11 May
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 35 Handley Cross Medomsley Consett DH8 6TZ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 38 days. This one was decided in 42 days, 4 days longer than Durham's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,303 applications in total for the DH8 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Durham
Track this application
Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.
Get email alerts near DH8
New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20254 Apr
Reduce to previous pruning points only to 1. Beech, 2. Sycamore, 3. Beech, and 4. Sycamore - (TPO-DER-160
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/25/00955/TPO - 201928 Mar
Felling of one Beech tree (TPO - DER 160)
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/19/01015/TPO - 201019 Jul
Reduce height of two beech and two sycamore trees (tpo 160)
ApprovedTree Preservation Order1/2010/0394/75428
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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 2026-10-09. 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.
What's been approved on your street?
See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.