Playground West End Wolsingham DL13 3AP
Approved on 17 July 2024
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)
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Proposal
T5 - copper beech - Prune to clear the phone street light by 3m, Remove major deadwood. T6 - copper beech - Crown clean to remove major deadwood and snapped branches. T7 - copper beech - Crown clean to remove major deadwood and hanging split branches. T8 - copper beech - Crown clean to remove major deadwood and hanging split branches. T9 - copper beech - Crown clean to remove major deadwood and hanging split branches. T11 - sycamore - prune to clear utility pole by 2 metres, remove major deadwood. T12 - sycamore - crown clean to remove major deadwood and stubs. T13 - sycamore - remove major deadwood, remove epicormic growth at the base, remove reaction growth. T14 - sycamore - remove limb at 5m over path and encroaching neighbouring conifer, remove major deadwood. T15 - sycamore - remove major deadwood. T16 - sycamore - remove major deadwood, crown lift to 3 metres above ground level. T19 - sycamore - remove major deadwood. T20 - sycamore - crown clean to remove major deadwood, remove epicormic growth at base of tree. T21 - sycamore - remove epicormic growth at base and reaction growth on lower stem, remove major deadwood. T22 - sycamore - remove major deadwood, remove epicormic growth at base of tree. T25 - alder - remove major deadwood. T27 - sycamore - crown lift to 3m and remove epicormic growth at base. T28 - sycamore - remove major deadwood. T29 - sycamore - remove major deadwood, T30 - sycamore - remove major deadwood. T31 - sycamore - remove major deadwood and epicormic growth at base of tree. T32 - sycamore - remove major deadwood. T34 - cherry - remove major deadwood. T35 - copper beech - remove major deadwood. G1 - Sycamore, Alder, Horse Chestnut - Crown lifts up to 3 meters and remove major deadwood where required, Fell dead Sycamore as close to the ground level as practical. G2 - Lime, cherry, Alder, Sycamore, Rowen - Crown lift up to 3m and remove major deadwood where required, fell dead Sycamore close to tree 31 - Section 211 notice
- Received
- 17 June 2024
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale (Historic)
- Agent
- Weardale Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived17 Jun
- ValidatedValidated17 Jun
- Consult.Consultation16 Jul
- TargetTarget Date29 Jul
- DecidedDecided17 Jul
Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Playground West End Wolsingham DL13 3AP. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,945 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 3AP
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 16 July 2024
- Consultation start
- 25 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 16 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 29 July 2024
- Permission expires
- 17 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
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202628 May
Felling of T014 - Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and T017 - Goat willow (Salix caprea) - TPO/404/2025
PendingTree Preservation OrderDM/26/01334/TPO - 202119 Apr
Felling of 2 No. trees (T37 and Sycamore close to T31), shorten finer growth to achieve 3.5m height from…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/21/01396/TCA - 20196 Mar
Works to trees in recreation ground.
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/19/00729/TCA
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