1 Chapel Walls Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EA
Refused on 15 September 2022
Council decision: Raise ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Beech (T2 & T3) - Crown reduce and reshape by 3m. Beech (T4) - Reduce height by 6m and prune sides in by upto 3.5m to shape. Beech (T5) - Fell as close to ground level as practical.
- Received
- 1 August 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale (Historic)
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived1 Aug
- ValidatedValidated11 Aug
- Consult.Consultation1 Sep
- TargetTarget Date22 Sep
- DecidedDecided15 Sep
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 1 Chapel Walls Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EA. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area. There have been 2 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 3EA
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 August 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 1 September 2022
- Consultation start
- 11 August 2022
- Consultation end
- 1 September 2022
- Target decision date
- 22 September 2022
- Decision issued
- 20 September 2022
- Permission expires
- 20 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- Agent address
- Olivers Tree Services Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11443162
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Wolsingham
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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