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33A Birkdale Gardens Belmont Durham DH1 2UJ

DM/20/02291/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 16 October 2020

Fast Track

Proposal

T1 Alder tree, T2 Sycamore tree, T5 Ash tree remove the 3 lowest branches back to the main stem and G7 Mixed trees (6no.) crown reduction of 2m and width by 1m (amended location and proposal)

Received
17 August 2020
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Belmont (Historic)
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 33A Birkdale Gardens Belmont Durham DH1 2UJ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,246 applications in total for the DH1 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
DH1 2UJ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Belmont

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 August 2020
Consultation expiry
22 September 2020
Consultation start
1 September 2020
Consultation end
15 September 2020
Neighbour consultation start
1 September 2020
Neighbour consultation end
15 September 2020
Last date for comments
13 October 2020
Target decision date
23 October 2020
Decision issued
19 October 2020
Permission expires
19 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 September 2020
Site notice end
22 September 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08989405
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Durham

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