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Playground West End Wolsingham DL13 3AP

DM/24/01605/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

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)
Ward
Weardale (Historic)
Agent
Weardale Tree Services
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided17 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

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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© 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.

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