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3 Foxes Row Brancepeth Durham DH7 8DH

DM/25/00575/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 8 April 2025

Council decision: Raise ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Yew- reduce the height by 5m and prune back the overhang on the roadside by 4m T2 Yew- prune back from the road by 4m T3 Yew- fell as close to current ground level as practical

Received
26 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Willington and Hunwick
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Foxes Row Brancepeth Durham DH7 8DH. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Brancepeth conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH7 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
DH7 8DH
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brancepeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2025
Consultation expiry
21 March 2025
Consultation start
28 February 2025
Consultation end
21 March 2025
Target decision date
9 April 2025
Permission expires
8 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13809942
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Brancepeth

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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