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Viewfield Cutlers Hall Road Benfieldside Consett DH8 8RD

DM/16/02669/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 22 September 2016

Fast Track

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of one dead Monkey Puzzle; one Cherry tree; three diseased Horse Chestnut trees and five damaged Poplar trees. deadwood thinning to four Poplar trees, one Sycamore and one Holly; crown reduction and cutting back of overhanging branches to two Sycamore trees; removal of snapped limb to one Sycamore tree (TPO 11)

Received
15 August 2016
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Benfieldside
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Viewfield Cutlers Hall Road Benfieldside Consett DH8 8RD. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Shotley Bridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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
DH8 8RD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2016
Consultation expiry
9 September 2016
Consultation start
19 August 2016
Consultation end
9 September 2016
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2016
Neighbour consultation end
9 September 2016
Last date for comments
12 September 2016
Target decision date
11 October 2016
Decision issued
23 September 2016
Permission expires
23 September 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05411146
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Shotley Bridge
  • Listed building: Grade II: Cutlers' HallOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    3 Sep

    Pruning to Copper Beech (T1) pruning to Ash (T2) pruning to eucalyptus tree (T3) - TPO DER-0011

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/20/02523/TPO
  2. 2018
    29 Jan

    T0744, T0745, T0778 & T0779 Plum Trees - Prune and shape; T0780-T0783

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/18/00283/TPO
  3. 2016
    26 Sep

    Reduce crown and cut back overhanging branches where extending over boundary of five trees (TPO 11)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/16/03110/TPO
  4. 2015
    2 Jun

    Crown reduction and removal of overhanging limbs of one Cherry tree (TPO 11)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/15/01720/TPO
  5. 2015
    14 Jan

    Lop overhanging branches and crown reduction of one Ash, one Hawthorn and two Silver Birch trees (TPO 11)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/15/00104/TPO

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