14 Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP
Refused on 13 January 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Fell T1 Sycamore and Fell T2 Sycamore
- Received
- 8 November 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale (Historic)
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived8 Nov
- ValidatedValidated9 Nov
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date4 Jan
- DecidedDecided13 Jan
Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 14 Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DP. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 3 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 3DP
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 November 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 9 December 2022
- Consultation start
- 18 November 2022
- Consultation end
- 9 December 2022
- Target decision date
- 4 January 2023
- Decision issued
- 16 January 2023
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
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 23/00041/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11678751
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202530 Jan
Two Sycamore trees (identified as 100 and 101) currently overhang the house, removal of limbs to give a…
RefusedTree Preservation OrderDM/25/00261/TPO - 202115 Apr
Crown reduce and reshape by 4m and prune back from the property by 4m to T1. Sycamore and Crown…
RefusedTree Preservation OrderDM/21/01347/TPO - 20173 Mar
T1 and T2 Sycamore - reduce lateral branches (from building side only) by 2-2.5m, 15% thin (including…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/17/00762/TPO - 200819 May
Felling of horse chestnut tree
ApprovedTree Preservation Order3/TPO/2008/0007 - 200621 Nov
Remove tree
RefusedTree Preservation Order3/TPO/2006/0023
Source: Durham
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