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15 Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP

DM/20/02695/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 20 October 2020

TPO/S211 (No objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prune up to 2m and Reduce overhang up to 2m to 4No. Holly Trees

Received
18 September 2020
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Weardale (Historic)
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 15 Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. 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 3DP
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2020
Consultation expiry
21 October 2020
Consultation start
30 September 2020
Consultation end
21 October 2020
Target decision date
24 November 2020
Decision issued
21 October 2020
Permission expires
21 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09082138
Documents
3

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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    14 Oct

    Lime - Reduce height by 3m and prune sides to shape (by up to 1.5m), Sycamore - Crown reduce and reshape by…

    RefusedTree Preservation OrderDM/25/02891/TPO
  2. 2024
    1 Jul

    Felling of Scot's Pine (P4) - TPO-WVDC-2-2002

    RefusedTree Preservation OrderDM/24/01780/TPO
  3. 2023
    15 Nov

    Change of use of part of existing residential garage (C3) to mixed use (C3/E) for the operation of cycle…

    WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationDM/23/03459/FPA
  4. 2023
    20 Sep

    Removal of protruding limb on Scots Pine (P4) - TPO-WVDC-2-2002

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/23/02832/TPO
  5. 2023
    3 Jul

    Shortening back of branches by up to 2m to an appropriate pruning point to Lime (L1) and Sycamore (S2), light…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/23/01960/TPO
  6. 2022
    11 Apr

    Remove failed branches to T1. Dawn Redwood and Remove failed branches and reduce width to reinstate 2m…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/22/01088/TPO

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