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Site Of Former Willington Health Centre Chapel Street Willington DL15 0EQ

DM/21/03817/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 9 December 2021

TPO/S211 (No objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Felling of 1 No. Ash tree (T3) protected by a TPO

Received
3 November 2021
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Willington and Hunwick
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.30 Nov
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Site Of Former Willington Health Centre Chapel Street Willington DL15 0EQ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 700 applications in total for the DL15 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
DL15 0EQ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Willington

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2021
Consultation expiry
30 November 2021
Consultation start
9 November 2021
Consultation end
30 November 2021
Neighbour consultation start
9 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end
30 November 2021
Last date for comments
30 November 2021
Target decision date
29 December 2021
Decision issued
10 December 2021
Permission expires
10 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    28 May

    Erection of 8no. dwellings and associated works

    PendingFull Planning ApplicationDM/25/01441/FPA
  2. 2021
    27 Apr

    Discharge of condition 5 (contaminated land) of planning permission DM/20/01113/OUT

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/21/00135
  3. 2021
    29 Mar

    Approval of all reserved matters and discharge of conditions 4 (noise assessment) and 7 (tree protection) of…

    ApprovedReserved mattersDM/21/01106/RM
  4. 2021
    22 Feb

    Fell T5. Norway Maple

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/21/00569/TPO
  5. 2020
    1 May

    Erection of 7 no. dwellings and associated works (OUTLINE - ALL MATTERS RESERVED)

    ApprovedOutline ApplicationDM/20/01113/OUT
  6. 2015
    26 Feb

    12 no. terraced dwellings and associated works

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/15/00597/FPA

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