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Viewfield Cutlers Hall Road Benfieldside Consett DH8 8RD

DM/20/02523/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 27 October 2020

TPO/S211 (No objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Pruning to Copper Beech (T1) pruning to Ash (T2) pruning to eucalyptus tree (T3) - TPO DER-0011)

Received
3 September 2020
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Benfieldside (Historic)
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Viewfield Cutlers Hall Road Benfieldside Consett DH8 8RD. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Shotley Bridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
DH8 8RD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2020
Consultation expiry
7 October 2020
Consultation start
16 September 2020
Consultation end
7 October 2020
Neighbour consultation start
16 September 2020
Neighbour consultation end
7 October 2020
Last date for comments
7 October 2020
Target decision date
30 October 2020
Permission expires
27 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09037708
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Shotley Bridge
  • Listed building: Grade II: Cutlers' HallOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    29 Jan

    T0744, T0745, T0778 & T0779 Plum Trees - Prune and shape; T0780-T0783

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/18/00283/TPO
  2. 2016
    26 Sep

    Reduce crown and cut back overhanging branches where extending over boundary of five trees (TPO 11)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/16/03110/TPO
  3. 2016
    15 Aug

    Removal of one dead Monkey Puzzle; one Cherry tree; three diseased Horse Chestnut trees and five damaged…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/16/02669/TPO
  4. 2015
    2 Jun

    Crown reduction and removal of overhanging limbs of one Cherry tree (TPO 11)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/15/01720/TPO
  5. 2015
    14 Jan

    Lop overhanging branches and crown reduction of one Ash, one Hawthorn and two Silver Birch trees (TPO 11)

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/15/00104/TPO

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