St Michaels Church Church Street Bishop Middleham
Approved on 19 August 2019
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionFast Track
Proposal
Felling of 1 no. Horse Chestnut tree
- Received
- 22 July 2019
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Bishop Middleham and Cornforth
- ReceivedReceived22 Jul
- ValidatedValidated22 Jul
- Consult.Consultation28 Aug
- TargetTarget Date1 Sep
- DecidedDecided19 Aug
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Michaels Church Church Street Bishop Middleham. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Middleham conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address.
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
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishop Middleham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 July 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 28 August 2019
- Consultation start
- 7 August 2019
- Consultation end
- 28 August 2019
- Target decision date
- 1 September 2019
- Permission expires
- 19 August 2021
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07950876
- Documents
- 1
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bishop Middleham
- Listed building: Grade II: Dunn Tomb Circa 8 Metres South of Door of Church of St MichaelOn or next to this site
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202310 Jul
Remove deadwood to Weeping Ash (T5), fell Cherry (T16), remove deadwood and hanging branches to 2no…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/23/02036/TCA - 202217 Oct
1. Fell and remove Ash tree no30 2. Prune large dead limbs from Ash tree no 5 3. Adjust bracing on Ash tree…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/22/03041/TCA - 201921 Jun
15-20% crown reduction of 1 no. Cherry tree
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/19/01983/TCA - 20166 Jan
Removal of deadwood from ash (T1); removal of elder (T2); 25% reduction and removal of deadwood of horse…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/16/00053/TCA
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