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St Mary And St Stephens Church Church Lane Wolsingham DL13 3AJ

DM/24/01601/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 July 2024

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

Proposal

T1 - sycamore - remove major deadwood and split branches.T2 - sycamore - remove major deadwood and split branches. T3 - sycamore - remove major deadwood and split branches. T4 - sycamore - remove major deadwood and split branches. T6 - lime - Remove epicormic/reaction growth up to 5 metres. T10 - sycamore - Crown lift to 3.5m above ground level, Remove major deadwood and hanging branches in the canopy. T11 - lime - remove epicormic growth, remove major deadwood. T12 - maple - remove major deadwood and split branches. T13 - lime - remove epicormic growth, remove major deadwood. T14 - sycamore - sever ivy at the base of the tree, remove major deadwood. T15 - Elm - crown lift to 2.5 metres above ground level, remove epicormic growth. T16 - Elm - crown lift to 2.5 metres above ground level, remove epicormic growth. - Section 211 notice.

Received
14 June 2024
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Weardale (Historic)
Agent
Weardale Tree Services
  1. Received14 Jun
  2. Validated14 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Mary And St Stephens Church Church Lane Wolsingham DL13 3AJ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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 3AJ
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 June 2024
Consultation expiry
16 July 2024
Consultation start
25 June 2024
Consultation end
16 July 2024
Target decision date
26 July 2024
Permission expires
12 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Weardale Tree Services
Agent address
1 Valley View Thornley Bishop Auckland DL13 4PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13153840
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Durham

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