4 Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP
Refused on 30 October 2018
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 and T2 European Lime - fell trees protected by a TPO
- Received
- 28 August 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- Agent
- Thompson Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived28 Aug
- ValidatedValidated11 Sep
- Consult.Consultation2 Oct
- TargetTarget Date6 Nov
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,945 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 3DP
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 September 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 2 October 2018
- Consultation start
- 11 September 2018
- Consultation end
- 2 October 2018
- Target decision date
- 6 November 2018
- Decision issued
- 31 October 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Thompson Tree Services
- Agent address
- Thompson Tree Services 47 Dans Castle Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4AY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07239549
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202228 Mar
Crown clean and prune back from the building to allow 2.5m clearance in perpetuity to T1. Large leaved lime
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/22/00920/TPO - 201419 Aug
Felling of 1 No. Beech tree protected by a TPO
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/14/02509/TPO - 201125 Nov
Various tree works including crown thin by 20% and removal of deadwood to 2 beech trees, (B1,B2); fell 1 no…
Part APV/REFTree Preservation Order3/TP/2011/0022 - 200916 Nov
Fell 2 lime trees (T178 & T184) and 1 beech tree (T179)
RefusedTree Preservation Order3/TP/2009/0020 - 20083 Nov
Prune 6 no. Trees
ApprovedTree Preservation Order3/TPO/2008/0018
Source: Durham
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