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28 Queens Road Blackhill Consett DH8 0BL

DM/18/03677/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 21 February 2019

TPO/S211 (No objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

HC1 - Remove low epicormic only, UK3 Sycamore - Remove epicormic growth growing towards ABC cables only, UK Fir (Blue Cedar) - remove, growing under cables unsuitable location, H1 - Holly-reduce height 20% to clear cables, SB2 - Silver Birch prune from ABC and BT cables only, UK4 Sycamore-prune epicormic from ABC cables only, Ash, S1, S2, S3 -Remove deadwood only, S4 - Remove, will allow light into other trees and shrubs, S6 - Ash - Balance canopy and remove deadwood, SB1 - Silver Birch - poor remove, Yew bush reduce to a manageable height, H7 & H6 prune back from building, Y1 Yew - trim lowest small diameter branches to allow grass maintenance, H3, H4, H5 - Holly, prune to clear wires, C1 - remove leylandii, L1 - Prune back overhang, UK1- Sycamore - remove small branch over hanging boundary, S5- removal of two lower branches. TPO - (DER-171)

Received
3 December 2018
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Benfieldside
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 28 Queens Road Blackhill Consett DH8 0BL. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. 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 0BL
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2018
Consultation expiry
13 February 2019
Consultation start
23 January 2019
Consultation end
13 February 2019
Neighbour consultation start
23 January 2019
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2019
Last date for comments
13 February 2019
Target decision date
29 January 2019
Decision issued
22 February 2019
Permission expires
22 February 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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