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Land To The South Of 2 And 4 East End Wolsingham DL13 3JT

DM/25/01372/TCATrees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 June 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionTPO/S211 (No objection)

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Proposal

T1 - Betula Pendula - Included bifurcate union, overall canopy in good heath - Sympathetic crown reduction by 2M T2 - Laurus spp. - Outgrown its location - Remove to ground level and grind stump T3 - Fraxinus excelsior - Significant defoliation in excess of 60%, Tree in terminal decline due to ash dieback - Remove to ground level and grind stump T4 - Fraxinus excelsior - Significant defoliation in excess of 60%, Tree in terminal decline due to ash dieback - Remove to ground level and grind stump Section 211 notice

Received
21 May 2025
Decision level
TPO/S211 (No objection)
Ward
Weardale
Agent
Special Branch Tree Services LTD
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated21 May
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land To The South Of 2 And 4 East End Wolsingham DL13 3JT. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings 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 3JT
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 May 2025
Consultation expiry
13 June 2025
Consultation start
23 May 2025
Consultation end
13 June 2025
Target decision date
2 July 2025
Permission expires
16 June 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Special Branch Tree Services LTD
Agent address
Hagg Housefarm Esh Winning DH7 9QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14036743
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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© 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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