6 Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett DH8 5TB
Approved on 27 September 2017
Fast Track
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Proposal
Lopping of single branch to one Beech tree (TPO 38)
- Received
- 29 August 2017
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Consett North
- ReceivedReceived29 Aug
- ValidatedValidated30 Aug
- Consult.Consultation20 Sep
- TargetTarget Date25 Oct
- DecidedDecided27 Sep
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 6 Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett DH8 5TB. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Blackhill conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Consett North. 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 5TB
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 August 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 20 September 2017
- Consultation start
- 30 August 2017
- Consultation end
- 20 September 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 August 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 September 2017
- Last date for comments
- 25 September 2017
- Target decision date
- 25 October 2017
- Permission expires
- 27 September 2019
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Blackhill
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201929 Nov
Listed Building application to replace gas boiler with new condensing boiler and installation of external flue
ApprovedListed building consentDM/19/03742/LB - 20197 Jun
Pruning of 20/25%/trim back branches of T3, T4, T5 (Sycamore) and T6 (Beech) growing towards 4 Laburnum…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/19/01830/TPO - 201624 Mar
Listed Building Consent for the installation of external flue
ApprovedListed building consentDM/16/00992/LB - 201218 Jun
Prune back low limb by approximately 2 metres of one sycamore tree (tpo 38)
ApprovedTree Preservation Order1/2012/0298/84581
Source: Durham
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