The Ropery Stockton Road Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4SD

DM/24/00252/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 13 March 2024

Council decision: Raise ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Crown reduction of 2 metres on trees 1, 2 and 3 to reduce overhang

Received: 31 January 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Blackhalls (Historic)

ReceivedReceived31 Jan
ValidatedValidated31 Jan
Consult.Consultation26 Feb
TargetTarget Date13 Mar
DecidedDecided13 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Ropery Stockton Road Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4SD. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Castle Eden conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 238 applications in total for the TS27 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: TS27 4SD
Application type: Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Castle Eden

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 January 2024
Consultation expiry: 26 February 2024
Consultation start: 5 February 2024
Consultation end: 26 February 2024
Target decision date: 13 March 2024
Permission expires: 13 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12771131
Documents: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Castle Eden
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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Durham

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