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20 Riverside Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3BP

DM/22/01667/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 20 July 2022

Council decision: Raise ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Pollard leaving the stem at 4.5m in height to T1. Ash and Pollard leaving the stem at 2.5m in height to T2. Ash

Received
7 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale (Historic)
Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.5 Jul
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 Riverside Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3BP. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,945 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 3BP
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 June 2022
Consultation expiry
5 July 2022
Consultation start
14 June 2022
Consultation end
5 July 2022
Target decision date
20 July 2022
Permission expires
20 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11309611
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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