The Old Methodist Church Front Street Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HQ
Approved on 11 March 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)
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Proposal
Felling of one Yew and Laburnum / Laurel tree to north of property. - Section 211 notice
- Received
- 3 February 2025
- Decision level
- TPO/S211 (No objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Benfieldside
- ReceivedReceived3 Feb
- ValidatedValidated3 Feb
- Consult.Consultation25 Feb
- TargetTarget Date17 Mar
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Methodist Church Front Street Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0HQ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Shotley Bridge conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. We hold 1,313 applications in total for the DH8 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
- DH8 0HQ
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 25 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 March 2025
- Permission expires
- 11 March 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13743917
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Shotley Bridge
- 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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