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St James Church The Village Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4SL

DM/24/02319/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 14 October 2024

TPO/S211 (No objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

(T1) Lawson Cypress located close to the NW corner of the church - Shorten back branches by a maximum of 1.5m, ensuring cuts remain within green foliage area to provide clearance from church building (G1) Group of five Holly trees - significant dieback in the crown of the trees, remove dead wood and reduce the crown height by 50% (G2) Group of three Holly trees - reduce crown by 30% away from overhead electric lines

Received
21 August 2024
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Blackhalls
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St James Church The Village Castle Eden Hartlepool TS27 4SL. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Castle Eden conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 238 applications in total for the TS27 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
TS27 4SL
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle Eden

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2024
Consultation expiry
24 September 2024
Consultation start
29 August 2024
Consultation end
19 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
29 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
19 September 2024
Last date for comments
24 September 2024
Target decision date
17 October 2024
Permission expires
14 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 September 2024
Site notice end
24 September 2024

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Castle Eden
  • Listed building: Grade II: Church of St JamesOn this site · +4 more
  • 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, 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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© 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.

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