Land To The South Of 35A West End Wolsingham DL13 3AS
Refused on 27 June 2025
Council decision: Raise ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
SECTION 211 NOTICE G1 - Woodland group Up to 12 var. - Crown lift/cut back branches over cut grass, to a height of 3m. Remove storm damaged/hung up stems - up to brow of hill into woods (adjacent to grass area). Prune back 2x willows which are heavily leaning with split branches back by 3m G2 - Alder x2 - Crown lift to 3m 3 - Maple - 3m G5 - Oak x2 - Up to 12 var. - Crown lift to 2.5m 6 - Willow - Crown lift to 2.5m. Remove major deadwood and split/hung up branches G7 - 2x Maples and 1x Ash Up to 13 var. - Crown lift to 2.5m 8 - Ash - Remove major deadwood. Crown lift to 3m 9 - Ash - Crown lift to 2.5m. Remove major deadwood 13 - Maple - Remove major deadwood G14 - Oak and Sorbus Up to 12 var. - Remove major deadwood from oak tree and crown lift over the path to 2.5m 15 - Maple - Reduce height and lateral growth of stem with wound by 3m. Remove major deadwood. Crown lift to 2.5m G17 - Mixed group - Up to 17 var. - Remove major deadwood and split/hung up branches 20 - Maple - Crown reduce and reshape by 4-5m 22 - Maple - Crown reduce and reshape by 4-5m 23 - Ash - Fell as close to ground level as practically possible. Also fell adjacent unlisted dead tree 24 - Willow - Remove major deadwood and split/hung up branches 25 - Beech - Remove decaying secondary stem and other major deadwood 26 - Sycamore - Remove major deadwood G28 - Wooded copse - Up to 18 Var. - Fell 11 dead trees. Remove major deadwood overhanging the footpath at the north end of the group 29 - Sycamore - Remove major deadwood and split/hung up branches 30 - Maple - Remove bow which grows at an angle 0.5m above the split - retaining the upright bow 33 - Willow -Pollard at height of 3m 34 - Maple - Remove crown to leave stem as standing monolith at height of 3m 35 - Maple - Remove the secondary stem below the split. Remove major deadwood and split/hung up branches. Crown reduce and reshape by 4-5m 36 - Horse chestnut - multi Crown lift over cut grass to a height of 3m G37
- Received
- 16 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- Agent
- Weardale Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived16 May
- ValidatedValidated16 May
- Consult.Consultation13 Jun
- TargetTarget Date27 Jun
- DecidedDecided27 Jun
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Land To The South Of 35A West End Wolsingham DL13 3AS. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 3AS
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 June 2025
- Consultation start
- 23 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 27 June 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Weardale Tree Services
- Agent address
- 1 Valley View Thornley Village Tow Law Bishop Auckland Durham DL13 4PD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14026454
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Wolsingham
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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