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9 Whitehill Hall Gardens Chester-le-Street DH2 2NE

DM/17/00385/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 14 March 2017

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to 7 No. trees protected by a TPO

Received
6 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chester-le-Street West Central
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 Whitehill Hall Gardens Chester-le-Street DH2 2NE. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,689 applications in total for the DH2 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
DH2 2NE
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2017
Consultation expiry
27 February 2017
Consultation start
6 February 2017
Consultation end
27 February 2017
Last date for comments
6 March 2017
Target decision date
3 April 2017
Permission expires
14 March 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05807317
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodland: Whitewell Park WoodNext to the 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 (21)

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, 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

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    10 Oct

    T1. Sycamore, T2. Lime, T3. Beech, T4. Lime, T5. Beech, T6. Lime, T7. Beech, T8. Lime, T9. Sycamore, T10…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/24/02779/TPO
  2. 2017
    28 Jun

    Felling of 1 No. Noble Fir tree

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/17/02148/TPO
  3. 2016
    13 Jun

    Reduce main limb to 1no. Sycamore Tree (covered by TPO CLS-20 Whitehill Hall)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/16/01901/TPO
  4. 2014
    9 Sep

    Reduction works to overhanging branches of 5no. lime, 4no sycamore and 3no beech trees (TPO 20)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/14/02699/TPO
  5. 2011
    24 Oct

    Trimming works to conifer hedges and clean stem from epicormic close to light column no 9721(protected by a…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order2/11/00279/TPO
  6. 2009
    13 Jul

    Crown reduce by 20% of one holly tree, crown thin of variegated holly and remove dead branches of a crab…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order2/09/00191/TPO

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