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1 Convent Gardens Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DB

DM/18/00954/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 May 2018

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)

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Proposal

T1 Cherry - reduce and reshape by 15-20%, T2 Cherry - fell, T3 Holly - reduce in height by 15%, T4 Cherry - reduce and reshape by 15-20%. Trees in conservation area.

Received
27 March 2018
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated2 May
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided25 May

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Convent Gardens Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DB. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 3DB
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 May 2018
Consultation expiry
30 May 2018
Consultation start
9 May 2018
Consultation end
30 May 2018
Target decision date
12 June 2018
Decision issued
29 May 2018
Permission expires
29 May 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wolsingham
  • 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, 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.

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