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Wascrow 1 Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3ES

DM/22/03101/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 28 November 2022

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211/DTN (No Objection)

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Proposal

Crown reduction and reshape up to 50% to T5. Copper Beech, Height reduction up to 10% to T6. Larch and Reduce crown and reshape up to 50% to T7 Multi Stemmed Elm

Received
18 October 2022
Decision level
TPO/S211/DTN (No Objection)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Wascrow 1 Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3ES. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3ES
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2022
Consultation expiry
23 November 2022
Consultation start
2 November 2022
Consultation end
23 November 2022
Target decision date
29 November 2022
Decision issued
29 November 2022
Permission expires
29 November 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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© 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.

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