3 - 5 Melbourne Place Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EQ
Approved on 11 November 2024
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)
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Proposal
T1 Willow - Remove main stem over road and re-pollard. T2, T3, T4 Silver Birch - Height reduction by 1/3rd approx. 4 metre. T5 Cherry - Prune back from road and reduce by 1/3rd and shape by 2 metre. T6 Ash - Reduce by 1/3rd approx. 3 metres. - Section 211 notice.
- Received
- 15 October 2024
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- ReceivedReceived15 Oct
- ValidatedValidated15 Oct
- Consult.Consultation12 Nov
- TargetTarget Date26 Nov
- DecidedDecided11 Nov
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 3 - 5 Melbourne Place Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EQ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. 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 3EQ
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 October 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 12 November 2024
- Consultation start
- 22 October 2024
- Consultation end
- 12 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 26 November 2024
- Decision issued
- 12 November 2024
- Permission expires
- 12 November 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
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.
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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