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Wolsingham School The Grammar School Building West End Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DJ

DM/23/03247/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 November 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)

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Proposal

Crown Raise Group G1 and trees T510, T512 - T519 to 2.5m. - Section 211 notice

Received
27 October 2023
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Weardale (Historic)
Agent
Batson Groundcare Ltd
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Nov
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided15 Nov

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Wolsingham School The Grammar School Building West End Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DJ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area. There have been 5 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 3DJ
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2023
Consultation expiry
22 November 2023
Consultation start
1 November 2023
Consultation end
22 November 2023
Target decision date
8 December 2023
Permission expires
15 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Batson Groundcare Ltd
Agent address
Batson Groundcare Ltd, Unit 1 Inker Unit 1 Inkerman Road Tow Law DL13 4QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12563139
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (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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