Ratho Villa Leazes Villas Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6HW

DM/18/02890/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 October 2018

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

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Proposal

1 no. Yew - reduce size by approx. 5 metres and prune accordingly (Section 211 notice)

Received: 18 September 2018
Decision level: TPO/S211 (No objection)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Burnopfield and Dipton

ReceivedReceived18 Sep
ValidatedValidated18 Sep
Consult.Consultation15 Oct
TargetTarget Date29 Oct
DecidedDecided4 Oct

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ratho Villa Leazes Villas Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6HW. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 6 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnopfield conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 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: NE16 6HW
Application type: Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 September 2018
Consultation expiry: 15 October 2018
Consultation start: 24 September 2018
Consultation end: 15 October 2018
Target decision date: 29 October 2018
Decision issued: 5 October 2018
Permission expires: 5 October 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: Burnopfield
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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