25 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DF
Refused on 25 May 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Removal of T1 to repair grade II listed stone wall
- Received
- 20 May 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- Agent
- Batson Groundcare Ltd
- ReceivedReceived20 May
- ValidatedValidated20 May
- Consult.Consultation20 Jun
- TargetTarget Date15 Jul
- DecidedDecided25 May
Decided in 370 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 25 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DF. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 370 days, 45 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. 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 3DF
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 May 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 20 June 2022
- Consultation start
- 30 May 2022
- Consultation end
- 20 June 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 May 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 June 2022
- Last date for comments
- 20 June 2022
- Target decision date
- 15 July 2022
- Decision issued
- 26 May 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Batson Groundcare Ltd
- Agent address
- 1 Inkerman Road Inkerman Bishop Auckland DL13 4QB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11272455
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wolsingham
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20228 Sep
Removal of T1 Monkey Puzzle tree
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/22/02637/TCA - 20167 Oct
T1 and T2 Holm Oak - crown thinning to a maximum of 15% density, crown raise to a height of 2.5m from ground…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/16/03247/TPO - 20056 Oct
Replacement of the 2 top panels in the six panel timber back door with glazed panes & repainting of door…
ApprovedListed building consent3/2005/0866
Source: Durham
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