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Croft House Bank Top Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AW

DM/24/00839/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 May 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Ash - Crown reduce by 20%, remove overhanging limb and prune remainder to the boundary. T2 - Sycamore - Crown reduce by 20% and prune back to the boundary. T3 - Sycamore - Crown reduce by 20% and prune back to the boundary. T4 - Ash - Fell to ground level - self-seeded specimen that due to suppression is completely overhanging from the neighbouring property. T5 - Sycamore - Prune overhanging branches back to the boundary.

Received
27 March 2024
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Bishop Middleham And Cornforth (Historic)
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Apr
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided3 May

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Croft House Bank Top Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AW. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Middleham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 282 applications in total for the DL17 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
DL17 9AW
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishop Middleham

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2024
Consultation expiry
26 April 2024
Consultation start
5 April 2024
Consultation end
26 April 2024
Target decision date
8 May 2024
Decision issued
7 May 2024
Permission expires
7 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Absolute Arb Care
Agent address
36 Oak Lea Witton Gilbert DH7 6RW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12929020
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bishop Middleham
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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© 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.

© 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.

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

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