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Leazes Hall Residential Home The Leazes Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6AJ

DM/16/02325/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 23 August 2016

Fast Track

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of lower epicormic growth to one Sycamore tree (T3) and crown lift to 3/4 metres overhanging branches of two Sycamore trees (T8 and T9) (TPO 073)

Received
15 July 2016
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Burnopfield and Dipton
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided23 Aug

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Leazes Hall Residential Home The Leazes Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6AJ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,520 applications in total for the NE16 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
NE16 6AJ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2016
Consultation expiry
16 August 2016
Consultation start
26 July 2016
Consultation end
16 August 2016
Neighbour consultation start
26 July 2016
Neighbour consultation end
16 August 2016
Last date for comments
22 August 2016
Target decision date
12 September 2016
Permission expires
23 August 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Watt Fences
Agent address
14 Thomas Street Blackhill Consett DH8 0AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    27 Oct

    Felling of one Sycamore tree (TPO 65A)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/14/03262/TPO

Source: Durham

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