Ashburton House West End Witton-le-Wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0BJ
Approved on 12 July 2024
TPO/S211/DTN (No Objection)
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Proposal
Six Sycamores, and one Lime over the stable, comprising G1 on the plan attached, be crown reduced by 1m. Lime on the north side of the group (G1), reduced in height by 2m and side branches over the garage on the north side of its crown, pruned back by 1m. One Purple Beech (T1), on the eastern side of the garden - light pruning to shorten back fine growth only by a maximum of 1.5m, at all cardinal points - TPO/294/2022
- Received
- 17 May 2024
- Decision level
- TPO/S211/DTN (No Objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- ReceivedReceived17 May
- ValidatedValidated20 May
- Consult.Consultation13 Jun
- TargetTarget Date15 Jul
- DecidedDecided12 Jul
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Ashburton House West End Witton-le-Wear Bishop Auckland DL14 0BJ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Witton-le-Wear conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 448 applications in total for the DL14 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
- DL14 0BJ
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Witton-le-Wear
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 13 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 23 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 13 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 13 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 15 July 2024
- Permission expires
- 12 July 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13074656
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Witton-le-Wear
- 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.
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Source: Durham
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