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Keepers Lodge Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1HD

DM/17/00125/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 February 2017

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionFast Track

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Proposal

T1 Beech - fell, T3 Beech - fell, T4 Sumac - remove deadwood in canopy, T5 Sycamore - remove right hand limb and lift canopy. Trees in conservation area.

Received
13 January 2017
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Keepers Lodge Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1HD. 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 Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and West Blackdene conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,944 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 1HD
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanhope

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2017
Consultation expiry
6 February 2017
Consultation start
16 January 2017
Consultation end
6 February 2017
Last date for comments
6 February 2017
Target decision date
23 February 2017
Decision issued
21 February 2017
Permission expires
21 February 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05599588
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and West Blackdene
  • Listed building: Grade II: John Wesley MonumentOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines

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, 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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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    15 Jul

    Remove T1 - Copper beech tree

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/19/02274/TCA
  2. 2019
    17 Jan

    T5 Sycamore - fell tree in conservation area

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/19/00156/TCA
  3. 2018
    3 Sep

    T4 Cherry - fell in conservation area

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/18/02682/TCA
  4. 2011
    5 Apr

    T1 crown lift to 3M over car park and crown thin by 20%. T2 remove branch overhanging garden shed and crown…

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation Area3/TC/2011/0013
  5. 2009
    22 Jan

    Discharge of conditions 2A (window details), 2B (materials), 2C (garage doors), pursuant to planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions3/DC/2009/0005
  6. 2008
    23 Jun

    Proposed conservatory to south east elevation and the extension of the property to form a new single garage…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application3/2008/0419

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