Demesne Cottage 8 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AJ
Approved on 22 November 2018
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Proposal
T1 Sycamore - crown raise and crown reduce branches overhanging conservatory and crown thin canopy by 10-15%.
- Received
- 2 October 2018
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- Agent
- Batson Groundcare Ltd
- ReceivedReceived2 Oct
- ValidatedValidated2 Oct
- Consult.Consultation25 Oct
- TargetTarget Date27 Nov
- DecidedDecided22 Nov
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Demesne Cottage 8 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AJ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3AJ
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 October 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 25 October 2018
- Consultation start
- 4 October 2018
- Consultation end
- 25 October 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 October 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 October 2018
- Last date for comments
- 25 October 2018
- Target decision date
- 27 November 2018
- Decision issued
- 23 November 2018
- Permission expires
- 23 November 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Batson Groundcare Ltd
- Agent address
- Batson Groundcare Ltd Unit 1 Inkerman Road Tow Law DL13 4QB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07323068
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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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Source: Durham
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